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Redefining Infertility

What if I was to tell you that a major medical organization has redefined the definition of infertility to fit ideological purposes? Almost exactly a year ago, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) “published a new, more inclusive definition of infertility” (emphasis my own). The new definition, from ASRM’s website states (emphasis my own):

‘‘Infertility’’ is a disease, condition, or status characterized by any of the following:

The inability to achieve a successful pregnancy based on a patient’s medical, sexual, and reproductive history, age, physical findings, diagnostic testing, or any combination of those factors.
The need for medical intervention, including, but not limited to, the use of donor gametes or donor embryos in order to achieve a successful pregnancy either as an individual or with a partner.
In patients having regular, unprotected intercourse and without any known etiology for either partner suggestive of impaired reproductive ability, evaluation should be initiated at 12 months when the female partner is under 35 years of age and at 6 months when the female partner is 35 years of age or older.
At the time of this definition change, 21 states plus the DC, passed fertility insurance laws. Eight of those have single parent and “inclusive” policies for those not in a heterosexual relationship. Surprisingly, California, home of the Center for Bioethics and Culture, is not currently on that list. However, lawmakers in California are working hard to change that – joining “a nationwide movement to expand insurance coverage for fertility treatment to LGBTQ individuals”. A nationwide movement so that all men and women can have unfettered access to buy eggs and rent wombs. And insurance will have to cover it. A new California bill (SB 729) seeks to define “infertility” as “a person’s inability to reproduce either as an individual or with their partner without medical intervention.”

This change in definition makes it so insurance coverage will be mandated for a range of fertility “treatments” (including, but not limited to IVF, donor gametes, & surrogacy) for all – including same-sex couples and single individuals, people who aren’t actually infertile.................................................................