BOSTON,
June 20, 2021
/PRNewswire/ -- Legacy (YC S'19), the premier digital fertility
clinic for men, today announced a new partnership with the Military
Family Building Coalition (MFBC) to support America's Naval
Special Warfare Community (NSW) to address challenges military
members face in their journey to parenthood due to service, while
providing vital access to family planning care and services.
Legacy's philanthropic offer to NSW operators (including SEALs,
Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman and Explosive Ordnance
Demolition personnel) gives military members free access to
Legacy's privacy-protected, at-home sperm testing with one year of
complimentary cryopreservation service. The partnership begins
July 1 and demonstrates Legacy's
commitment to addressing fertility challenges faced by active
military, veterans and family members.
Legacy's partner MFBC is the first organization exclusively
dedicated to supporting active-duty military with challenges to
fertility and family building. Through this unique collaboration
between a non-profit and a rapidly growing start-up, the two
organizations are taking action on the important need for
frequently deploying troops to preserve their fertility, as
Congress has struggled to pass funding for this essential care. The
NSW community represents a military group with an amplified need
for this program launch due to their challenging warfare demands
and operational tempo. Fertility and family building challenges
include exposures that can impact fertility, such as environmental
chemicals and general warfare risks, as well as frequent
separations from partners and families.
Legacy's commitment to military service members is inspired, in
large part, by Secretary Ash Carter's "Force of the Future Program"
which recognized the importance of enhanced fertility benefits, to
include sperm and egg freezing. The program was designed to offer
troops both "peace of mind" and "greater flexibility" should they
look to start families in the future. The Legacy team, which
includes John Crowley as Head of
Military Affairs, is working alongside non-profit partner, MFBC, to
ensure that DNA cryopreservation is made available to every service
member.
Legacy's work in this space is especially timely given the recent
introduction of the Veteran Families Health Services Act of
2021. The bill, introduced by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Representative
Rick Larsen (D-WA), seeks to expand
servicemembers' and veterans' fertility treatments, to include in
vitro fertilization and counseling.
"We believe reproductive health is an important component of
military readiness and, consequently, a matter of national
security," said John Crowley. "We're
grateful for the opportunity to support Naval Special Warfare with
this program."
"I'm very grateful to Legacy for the cryopreservation services
they will be providing to the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community
in collaboration with the Military Family Building Coalition", said
Rear Admiral Brian Hendrickson, a
retired US Navy SEAL. "Legacy's ability to offer this kind of
program to NSW operators in a way that accounts for their unique
operational security and privacy concerns is a wonderful benefit,"
Brian, who is also a Military Family Building Coalition board
member, continued. "The family I have today is the result of
cryopreservation; I personally understand the value that Legacy's
generous support is bringing to our military members and families.
Thank you!"
HOW LEGACY WORKS: PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Legacy's
mail-in kit revolutionizes the traditional process for males,
making sperm analysis and storage easier, more convenient, and
affordable from the comfort of your home. It's simple—no liquid
nitrogen, pipettes, or clunky shipping tanks required. This allows
men to get information about their sperm without awkwardly needing
to visit an expensive clinic or specialty lab.
A Legacy test kit is shipped directly to the client to produce a
sample in the privacy of their home before sending it back for
clinical-level analysis, now with the option to test sperm DNA
fragmentation. Each client receives a full fertility report that
analyzes volume, count, concentration, motility, and morphology, as
well as the option to freeze their deposit at world-class cryogenic
storage facilities. A process that was once anxiety ridden is now
stress free, easy and empowering. For more information visit How It
Works.
ABOUT GIVE LEGACY, INC.
Give Legacy, Inc. is the
premier fatherhood company working towards rebalancing the
responsibility of family planning by providing at-home sperm
testing and storage solutions. Founded in 2018 by Khaled Kteily out of the Harvard Innovation
Labs, Legacy is a Y-Combinator and Bain Capital Ventures backed
biotech startup. Since winning TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin 2018,
Legacy has been featured in the New York
Times, Washington Post, and Forbes. The Legacy team is a
Harvard-backed group of men and women
who understand fatherhood—and how much it matters. The team brings
international experience in male fertility, health care policy, and
business with a world-class advisory board.
ABOUT MILITARY FAMILY BUILDING COALITION
The Military
Family Building Coalition (MFBC) is a non-profit organization,
dedicated to supporting active-duty military members with family
building challenges. The MFBC provides awareness, education,
mentorship and resource support to military members with family
building challenges in the area of assisted reproductive technology
(ART) and adoption. Currently, military healthcare (TRICARE) does
not provide coverage for ART (including cryopreservation) and
offers limited resource support for adoption. The MFBC was
founded by military spouses Katy Bell
Hendrickson and Ellen
Gustafson and develops alliances with other organizations
and companies, like Give Legacy, that support military members and
advocate for ART and adoption benefits.
Media Contacts:
Legacy
Jack Taylor PR
Ross Fenton
415-8722-3489
ross@jacktaylorpr.com
Military Family Building Coalition
Ellen Gustafson
917-617-1276
ellen@militaryfamilybuilding.org
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