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Senate passes Patty Murray bill to expand VA fertility services for wounded service members

The Senate today passed a bill to provide additional fertility treatments to catastrophically wounded service members and their families, but the measure faces a tight deadline in the House of Representatives.

ADAM ASHTON; Staff writer
Published: Dec. 13, 2012 at 4:33 p.m. PST
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The Senate today passed a bill to provide additional fertility treatments to catastrophically wounded service members and their families, but the measure faces a tight deadline in the House of Representatives.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., campaigned for the bill two months ago in Seattle flanked by paralyzed service members from Spokane and Tacoma. Her bill compels the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer in vitro fertilization services to severely wounded service members and their spouses.

Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/military/2012/12/13/senate-passes-murray-bill-to-expand-va-fertility-services-for-wounded-service-members/

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