The American Society for Reproductive Medicine ’s new and more inclusive definition of infertility may conflict with traditional and conservative religious-cultural values

We read with great interest the new and more inclusive definition of infertility by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) (1), which seeks to expand this terminology beyond physical/medical inability to conceive to also include “social infertility”, which is the inability to have offspring due to various personal circumstances such as same-sex relationships and sex reassignment surgery. This may justify state subsidies, insurance coverage, and employment benefits for medical intervention with assisted reproductive tech nologies in such non–medically indicated cases.
Source: Fertility and Sterility - Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research