Rabia Nafees, Haroon Latif Khan, Humaira Zareen, Zoofishan Imran, Shazia Jang Sher.
Myths & Controversies in Assisted Reproductive Techniques - Gynecologists` Perspective.
Biomedica Jan ;36(3):300-5.

Background and Objective: Globally infertility affects between 60 million and 168 million all over the world. Regardless of the fact that Pakistan being currently among the most overpopulated nations of the globe and a populace development pace of around 2%, confronts with the higher pace infertility (21.9%); 3.5%primary and 18.4% secondary. The aim of the study was to assess the understanding of gynecologist of Pakistan regarding Assisted Reproductive Techniques (ART). Methods: It was a descriptive study, conducted only for gynecologists who attended the `Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction` (ASPIRE) conference held in Lahore, Pakistan, from 29th Nov to 1st December 2019. Data was collected from the n = 252 gynecologist who were attending the conference. Results: Out of n = 252 doctors, 82.9% participants considered test tube baby a social norm and acceptable option while 55.6% participants were in the opinion of basically a stigma attached to society. According to 77.8% participants, socially and legally involvement of 3rd party like donor eggs, sperms and gametes cannot justify. Conclusion: Pakistan, gynecologists are the mainstream dealing with infertility. Apart from general population, there are certain myths and controversies among the gynecologist as well. So that gynecologists` knowledge and perception is the most important point regarding infertility and ART.

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