Judge approves settlement in landmark LGBTQ+ fertility case
Goidel and Caplan were forced to pay $45,000 from their savings before Aetna would provide IUI coverage under their policy through the Student Health Plan for Columbia University. With assistance from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC), Goidel filed suit when the couple learned straight policyholders were only required to state they had been unable to conceive a child following up to a year of unprotected sex to receive immediate coverage.
