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"In some developing countries, the consequences of infertility—which can include ostracism, physical abuse and even suicide—are heartbreaking. 'If you are infertile in some cultures, you are less than a dog,' says Willem Ombelet of the Genk Institute for Fertility Technology in Belgium. Women are often uneducated, so their only identity comes from being moms. 'It [infertility] is an issue of profound human suffering, particularly for women,' says Marcia Inhorn, professor of anthropology and international affairs at Yale University. 'It's a human-rights issue.'"

~ http://www.newsweek.com/how-women-around-world-cope-infertility-89405