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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sanjana Nethagani, M.B.B.S.[3]

• Historically, infertility was associated with social stigma and embarrassment for women particularly.
• A lot of cultures encouraged having a second wife as to have offspring.
• The value of a woman was placed almost entirely on how fertile she was and how many children she could bear.
• The discourse around infertility changed from a religion-centric view to a scientific view after the discovery of spermatozoa and other advancements in modern medicine.