Monday, January 11, 2010

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Truly Answering Fertility Problems

NEW YORK - "Catholic women in many communities feel they have no access to health care that is consistent with their values," said the founding director of a new women's medical center in midtown Manhattan that will provide "authentically Catholic" primary care, obstetrics, natural family planning and infertility treatment.

Dr. Anne Mielnik said Gianna - The Catholic Healthcare Center for Women is the first dedicated practice in New York and one of only a handful in the country to offer a combination of effective infertility treatment alternatives to morally objectionable assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization.

The facility, sponsored by St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, opened Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception.

"There's no suffering comparable to what you see in an infertile couple," Mielnik said. "They're desperate to have a child and when they look for guidance, they end up in an IVF clinic. They're balancing their desperation for a child with doing what they know is wrong."

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