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

Fertil Steril. 2024 May;121(5):892. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.12.019.

Authors

Alexis Heng Boon Chin¹, Jean-Didier Bosenge Nguma², Mohd Faizal Ahmad³

Affiliations

¹ Singapore Fertility and IVF Consultancy Pvt Ltd., Hong Lim Complex, Singapore.
² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kisangani University Hospital, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³ Advanced Reproductive Centre (ARC), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

PMID: 38685268
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2023.12.019

No abstract available

Keywords: Donation; IVF; LGBT; gamete; surrogacy.

Publication types

Editorial
Letter

MeSH terms

Cultural Characteristics
Female
Humans
Infertility* / diagnosis
Infertility* / physiopathology
Infertility* / therapy
Male
Religion and Medicine
Reproductive Medicine* / standards
Societies, Medical / standards
Terminology as Topic
United States / epidemiology