In/fertility.
For too long, conversations about building a family have centered one story: a straight path, a positive test, a healthy pregnancy. But that is not most people's reality, and it has never been ours.
1 in 6 people globally experience infertility in their lifetime, according to the WHO
Infertility affects many. Historically marginalized communities — Black and Brown families, LGBTQIA+ couples, older birthing people, people with disabilities, and those with limited financial access — face it in near silence, carrying the weight of miscarriage, failed cycles, financial exhaustion, and medical gaslighting, often without community or culturally rooted support to hold them through it.
The Reality
Historically marginalized communities navigate infertility carrying weight the system was never designed to help them put down — symptoms dismissed, grief unsupported, and doors that require pushing harder, proving more, and waiting longer. Whether you're a queer couple, an older birthing person, or a family priced out of treatment, the barriers are real. And they are not random.
Our Impact
At Birth in Color, we believe fertility care is reproductive justice. The right to build a family — however you get there — should never depend on your income, your insurance, your zip code, your identity, or who you love. By championing policy, community support, and culturally rooted care, we work to make sure no family is left behind.
"Love should not require this many gatekeepers."
Alexis Jackson, LCSW
Full Spectrum Doula, Birth in Color
Alexis' IVF Story
Alexis Jackson is a licensed therapist, a full spectrum doula with Birth in Color, a Black queer woman, a wife, and a mother. Her journey to parenthood through reciprocal IVF was filled with hope, fear, financial barriers, and hard-won joy.
"IVF was a privilege for us," she writes. "For years, the financial barrier alone stopped us. It wasn't until I worked for a hospital system that covered most of the cost that the door even opened."
Her son Braylen is here today because that door finally cracked open. But Alexis knows that for most families — especially Black and queer families — it shouldn't have to be this hard. Her story is a call to protect reproductive freedom for every family still hoping, saving, and praying for their chance.
Heartfelt Healing
Grief deserves a witness. Our free virtual support group holds space for anyone who has experienced fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth — no judgment, no pressure, just community. We meet the first Wednesday of every month.