Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 864-867 , September 2009

Child-rearing ability and the provision of fertility services

  • The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: The Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 1209 Montgomery Highway, Birmingham, AL 35216.

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PII: S0015-0282(09)02474-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.978

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 3 , Pages 864-867 , September 2009