The current approach to infertility of assisted reproductive technology (ART) completely misses and then bypasses the evaluation and treatment of cervical factor infertility. In contrast, the Creighton Model Fertility Care System (CrMS), a method of fertility awareness that has the unique ability to quantify cervical mucus observations, and natural procreative technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY or NPT) directly evaluate and treat cervical factor infertility. The ART treatment of choice for cervical factor infertility--intrauterine insemination (IUI)--is also morally disparate from the NPT treatment protocol: while the latter genuinely assists the infertile couple's act of sexual union to achieve its natural end of pregnancy, IUI replaces the natural act, depriving human conception of the one context worthy of the dignity of human life and procreation, a reciprocal self-gifting act of love between husband and wife. A renewed interest and focus on the direct evaluation and treatment of cervical factor infertility is needed.
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Keefe, C. E., Mirkes, R., & Yeung PP Jr (2012). The Evaluation and Treatment of Cervical Factor Infertility a Medical-Moral Analysis. *The Linacre Quarterly*, *79*(4), 409-425. https://doi.org/10.1179/002436312804827127
Keefe CE, Mirkes R, Yeung PP Jr. The Evaluation and Treatment of Cervical Factor Infertility a Medical-Moral Analysis. Linacre Q. 2012;79(4):409-425. doi:10.1179/002436312804827127
Keefe, C. E., et al. "The Evaluation and Treatment of Cervical Factor Infertility a Medical-Moral Analysis." *The Linacre Quarterly*, vol. 79, no. 4, 2012, pp. 409-425.
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