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Infertility and Religiously-Based Objections to Providing Health Care: What You Should Know

As you may know, some health care providers, both individuals and institutions1, have a religiously-based objection to providing certain services, referrals, or even information. These providers may object to some or all forms of assisted reproduction, even those that help treat the disease of infertility within a marriage. Their religiously based objections are all the more fervent around issues of surrogacy, egg and sperm donation and gay and lesbian parenting.