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By Lisa Schuman, LCSW and Mark Leondires, MD About the Authors Lisa Schuman is a licensed psychotherapist and co-author of Building Your Family who directs and founded The Center for Family Building, a resource hub supporting donor conception and surrogacy journeys. She previously led mental health services at Illume Fertility and Gay Parents To Be, and testified before the New York State Senate Judiciary Committee on compensated surrogacy. She is also an award‑winning resear

Let’s cut to the question everyone considering surrogacy or egg donation living in New York has: Does the law in New York require infertility coverage that includes procedures like egg retrieval on a donor or an embryo transfer on your surrogate?

Did you know Illinois has a great law for infertility coverage that includes third party egg retrievals and embryo transfer procedures and it's only getting better in 2026?