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medical treatments such as chemotherapy, radiation, or 
surgery; 
Whereas infertility is a disease which affects men and women 
and is a female condition in 35 percent of the cases, a 
male condition in 35 percent of the cases, a combined 
condition of the couple in 20 percent of the cases, and 
unexplained in 10 percent of the cases; 
Whereas infertility is different for each person who faces it, 
and the most important thing a person must do is to be 
informed about the disease; 
Whereas according to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, the United States has 7.3 million men and 
women with infertility, constituting 12 percent of women 
of reproductive age, or 1 in 8 couples; 
Whereas approximately 140,000 cancer patients diagnosed 
annually during their reproductive years will undergo po-
tentially permanently sterilizing medical treatments; 
Whereas during the last decade, health care providers have 
made great strides in the ability to diagnose and treat in-
fertility as well as preserve fertility; 
Whereas infertility is a medical problem that may be treated; 
Whereas at least 50 percent of those who complete an infer-
tility evaluation will respond to treatment with a success-
ful pregnancy; 
Whereas some infertility problems respond with higher or 
lower success rates; 
Whereas those who do not seek help have a ‘‘spontaneous 
cure rate’’ of about 5 percent after a year of infertility; 
and 
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Whereas it is important that infertility patients have access 
to educational programs across the United States on a 
variety of family-building options, including assisted re-
productive technologies, adoption, third-party reproduc-
tion, and child-free living: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the House of Representatives— 
(A) recognizes that infertility is a disease; 
(B) recognizes that knowledge about infer-
tility will help people make educated decisions 
about family building whether through medical 
intervention, adoption, or deciding not to have 
children; 
(C) commends RESOLVE: the National 
Infertility Association and other national and 
community organizations for their efforts to 
promote greater public awareness about the dis-
ease of infertility; and 
(D) supports the goals of National Infer-
tility Awareness Week to raise awareness 
about the disease of infertility and the chal-
lenges men and women face in building a fam-
ily; and 
(2) it is the sense of the House of Representa-
tives that the Federal Government has a responsi-
bility— 
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(A) to endeavor to raise awareness and im-
prove education about infertility, fertility side 
effects, and fertility preservation options; 
(B) to encourage research that will im-
prove infertility treatments and outcomes and 
fertility preservation technologies; and 
(C) to continue to consider ways to im-
prove access to information on infertility and 
fertility preservation options. 
Æ 
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