Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services: an Ethics Committee opinion

Ethical considerations surrounding the provision of fertility services when there is concern regarding childrearing ability are discussed.

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Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
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Volume 108, Issue 6, Pages 944–947

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Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine 

Abstract:

Fertility programs may withhold services from prospective patients on the basis of well-grounded reasons that those patients will be unable to provide minimally adequate or safe care for offspring. This document was reviewed and updated; this version replaces the previous version of this document, last published July 2013 (Fertil Steril 2013;100:50-53).


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Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine

Fertility and Sterility® is an international journal for obstetricians, gynecologists, reproductive endocrinologists, urologists, basic scientists and others who treat and investigate problems of infertility and human reproductive disorders. The journal publishes juried original scientific articles in clinical and laboratory research relevant to reproductive endocrinology, urology, andrology, physiology, immunology, genetics, contraception, and menopause. Fertility and Sterility® encourages and supports meaningful basic and clinical research, and facilitates and promotes excellence in professional education, in the field of reproductive medicine.