Fertility preservation for endometriosis
Petitioners ask the House to expand public coverage of fertility preservation for people with severe endometriosis, recognize certain ovarian and surgical risks to fertility, and work with provinces to ensure access.
Why we would sign this petition
- Would provide public coverage for counselling, testing and egg freezing when endometriosis or its treatment threatens fertility, reducing cost barriers for affected people.
- Recognizing specified ovarian and surgical conditions as medical fertility risks would enable timely counselling and referrals for preservation before fertility declines.
- Coordinating with provinces and territories could standardize access across jurisdictions where public coverage currently varies, improving equity of care.
Why we wouldn’t sign this petition
- Expanding public coverage may be expensive and add pressure to provincial health budgets, requiring trade-offs with other services.
- Targeting fertility preservation for severe endometriosis might divert resources from improving diagnosis, pain management or surgical care that benefit more patients.
- Defining eligibility and coordinating funding across jurisdictions could be administratively complex and delay timely access.
The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.
Official petition
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled Endometriosis affects approximately 1 in 10 women, girls, and gender-diverse people, yet diagnosis is often delayed for years; People living with endometriosis in Canada face barriers to timely diagnosis, specialist care, excision surgery, pelvic pain care, fertility support, and workplace and school accommodations; A coordinated national strategy is needed to improve education, research, data collection, diagnosis, treatment access, and support across provinces and territories; Egg freezing and other fertility preservation options can be costly, and public coverage varies across Canada; and Fertility preservation should be considered when a disease or medically necessary treatment threatens someone’s future fertility. We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to: 1. Support expanded access to fertility preservation for people with severe endometriosis whose fertility may be medically at risk; 2. Recognize severe endometriosis, ovarian endometriomas, reduced ovarian reserve, and repeat ovarian or pelvic surgery as valid medical fertility risks; and 3. Work with provincial and territorial governments to improve access to publicly funded fertility preservation counselling, referrals, testing, egg freezing, medication support, and storage-fee support when medically needed.
Government response
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