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An IVF alternative for infertility that’s holistic and ethical

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As in vitro fertilization (IVF) rises in popularity, discussion continues surrounding its ethics as well as about how to respond to the plight of couples struggling with infertility. One group addressing that need is FEMM (Fertility Education and Medical Management), which focuses on the root causes of women’s reproductive health issues, offering various kinds of support for infertility.

Anna Halpine, CEO of FEMM, founded the organization in 2012 to expand options for women’s health care. FEMM provides women from puberty to menopause with health support and information, offering telehealth resources as well as an app to track cycles and symptoms.

FEMM serves a lot of women who struggle with fertility issues, offering them alternatives to IVF, which is often an arduous and expensive process.

IVF is a fertility treatment opposed by the Catholic Church in which doctors fuse sperm and eggs to create human embryos and implant them in a woman’s uterus until birth. To maximize efficiency, doctors create excess human embryos and routinely destroy undesired embryos. An estimated 600,000 frozen embryos are in storage in the U.S. alone, with some estimates at upwards of a million.

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