Military expands fertility coverage for all service members, including same-sex couples
H.R. 3025 — Expanding Access to Fertility Care for Servicemembers and Dependents Act · Filed by Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 24, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill expands TRICARE (military health insurance) to cover assisted reproductive services—including IVF, fertility treatments, and egg/sperm preservation—for active-duty service members and their dependents, regardless of whether infertility is service-connected, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The coverage applies to any member entitled to TRICARE medical care and removes existing barriers to fertility treatment access.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is to amend the TRICARE statute to mandate coverage of assisted reproductive services. It is a straightforward expansion of military health benefits with no hidden riders or narrow carve-outs.
What the text implies
- Removes marital-status and sexual-orientation restrictions on fertility coverage, effectively extending family-planning benefits to same-sex couples and unmarried service members—a significant policy shift in military family support.
- Cryopreservation coverage may enable service members to preserve reproductive capacity before deployment or medical procedures, addressing unique military-service risks to fertility.
The full analysis lists 4 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
fertility clinics and reproductive medicine providers; pharmaceutical companies supplying fertility medications and cryopreservation supplies