ABSTRACT
Infertility, treatment with reproductive technologies, and abortion are among the most emotionally weighty and philosophically contentious experiences in most patients’ lives involving the most intimate body parts and behaviors and the most heartfelt hopes and profound disappointments.1 Pregnancy and motherhood in women are developmental milestones that are highly emphasized by our culture and the experience of infertility can be devastating for the couple desiring a child.2 Its farreaching, multi-faceted effects engulf the couple in a vicious circle of events.
