Editing Assisted reproductive technology (section)

=== Ethics ===
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Some couples may find it difficult to stop treatment despite very bad prognoses, resulting in futile therapies. This has the potential to give ART providers a difficult decision of whether to continue or refuse treatment.<ref>{{cite journal | author1 = Ethics Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine | title = Fertility treatment when the prognosis is very poor or futile | journal = Fertility and Sterility | volume = 92 | issue = 4 | pages = 1194–7 | year = 2009 | pmid = 19726040 | doi = 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.979 | doi-access = free }}</ref>

Some assisted reproductive technologies have the potential to be harmful to both the mother and the child, posing a psychological or physical health risk, which may affect the ongoing use of these treatments.

In Israel, there is research supporting using ART, including recycled lab materials from the IVF process, to help women work through some of these mixed emotions.<ref>Article link: Dr. Katan, Seven news, 14.1.2022, Hebrew [https://www.inn.co.il/news/537690 See section] on Artistic conception הפריה אומנותית.</ref><ref>
Gilat Kupietzky-Sacks, IVF Embryologist and initiator of the project and Miriam Kupietzky, Art Therapist run a women's workshop using recycled lab material. [https://ivfcreativeart.wixsite.com/website about workshop]</ref><ref>Workshop on the Use of Life Cycle Concepts [https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/g7_us_workshop_summary_proceedings_final.pdf about workshop in the USA and other countries]</ref><ref>Angela Savage. "Works of ART: on creativity, infertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology." In ''Art'', 25.7.2016. Article on art produced in response to IVF treatment [https://www.wheelercentre.com/notes/work-of-art-on-creativity-and-assisted-reproductive-technology]</ref>