Aetna is being sued by a lesbian couple who allege discrimination because the company requires higher out-of-pocket expenditures before covering fertility treatment for non-heterosexuals. NBC News reports that Emma Goidel and her spouse brought a "proposed class action" against the insurance company on Sept. 13, characterizing the company's policies regarding coverage for fertility treatment as a "tax" that singles out couples who are not heterosexual and cisgender. "Goidel is covered through her spouse by Aetna's health insurance plan for Columbia University students, which provides broad coverage for intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, according to the complaint," NBC News detailed. TIME Magazine reports that the Aetna policy "defines infertility as not becoming pregnant after 12 months of regular, unprotected heterosexual sex — or 12 months of therapeutic donor insemination. (The window shortens to 6 months if the person seeking to get pregnant is 35 or older.) "Only then does Aetna's plan cover IUI and in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments." Since Goidel and her spouse are a same-sex couple, "regular heterosexual sex" is not an option for them; they must rely on fertilization treatments like IUI or IVF. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?⚕️(?: Getty)

Aetna is being sued by a lesbian couple who allege discrimination because the company requires higher out-of-pocket expenditures before covering fertility treatment for non-heterosexuals. NBC News reports that Emma Goidel and her spouse brought a "proposed class action" against the insurance company on Sept. 13, characterizing the company's policies regarding coverage for fertility treatment as a "tax" that singles out couples who are not heterosexual and cisgender. "Goidel is covered through her spouse by Aetna's health insurance plan for Columbia University students, which provides broad coverage for intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments, according to the complaint," NBC News detailed. TIME Magazine reports that the Aetna policy "defines infertility as not becoming pregnant after 12 months of regular, unprotected heterosexual sex — or 12 months of therapeutic donor insemination. (The window shortens to 6 months if the person seeking to get pregnant is 35 or older.) "Only then does Aetna's plan cover IUI and in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments." Since Goidel and her spouse are a same-sex couple, "regular heterosexual sex" is not an option for them; they must rely on fertilization treatments like IUI or IVF. Tap link in bio to continue on @EDGEmedianetwork ?️‍?⚕️(?: Getty)