Protecting Family Building
Fighting to protect and advance access to fertility care and family building for all Michigan families.
Fighting for Families
Michigan Fertility Alliance (MFA) is a grassroots, patient- and family-led advocacy organization fighting to protect and advance access to fertility care and family building in Michigan.
We represent the people and families who rely on fertility care—including IVF, IUI, assisted reproduction, and surrogacy—to start or grow their families.
Through policy advocacy, education, coalition building, and the power of lived experience, we work alongside lawmakers, medical professionals, legal experts, and national partners to advance smart, pro-family policies and protect the rights of Michigan families.
Because every family deserves the opportunity to grow.
What We Fight For
Access to Fertility Care
We advocate for policies that expand access to evidence-based fertility care, including IVF and IUI, and work to remove the financial and policy barriers that prevent Michigan families from accessing the care they need.
Protecting Family Building
We work to protect access to assisted reproduction and surrogacy so Michigan remains a state where people can safely and legally pursue the pathway to parenthood that is right for their family.
Protecting Parents + Children
Every child deserves a secure legal relationship with their parents. We advocate for modern parentage laws that recognize and protect families formed through assisted reproduction.
Families at the Center
The people impacted by policy should have a voice in shaping it. We elevate lived experiences and ensure lawmakers hear directly from the Michigan families affected by the decisions they make.
Advocacy Creates Change
We know what is possible when families have a voice.
For decades, Michigan had some of the most restrictive surrogacy laws in the country, leaving families formed through assisted reproduction without adequate legal protections.
MFA helped change that.
Working alongside families, lawmakers, legal experts, medical professionals, and national partners, MFA helped lead the effort to pass the historic Michigan Family Protection Act, modernizing Michigan's parentage laws and creating legal protections for families formed through assisted reproduction and surrogacy.
Today, we are building on that success as we fight to expand access to fertility care and ensure the protections Michigan families have gained remain protected.
We changed Michigan law once. We're not done.
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Why This Work Matters
For people who need fertility care to build their families, access isn't abstract.
It's whether someone can afford IVF.
It's whether a cancer patient can preserve their fertility before treatment.
It's whether intended parents and a gestational carrier have laws that protect everyone involved.
It's whether a child born through assisted reproduction has a clear legal relationship with their parents.
And it's whether decisions about fertility care and family building are made with the voices of the families they impact at the table.
These are family issues. And they are worth fighting for.
Powered by Families
MFA was built by people with lived experience who understood that Michigan families needed a voice.
Today, our community brings together patients, parents, intended parents, gestational carriers, advocates, medical professionals, attorneys, and allies who believe Michigan should be a place where families have the freedom and opportunity to grow.
Your story can change policy. Your voice can protect another family.
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Stay Informed. Take Action.
Fertility and family-building policy is changing rapidly in Michigan and across the country.
Stay connected to MFA for legislative updates, advocacy opportunities, events, and ways you can help protect access for Michigan families.
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Help Protect Family Building in Michigan
Our progress is possible because people believe this work matters.
Your support allows MFA to educate policymakers, mobilize families, advocate for smart legislation, respond to emerging threats, and continue fighting for access to fertility care and family building across Michigan.
When you support MFA, you're investing in the future of Michigan families.
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