Karla Maguire, MD, MPH
MD, MPH
The University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor of Women’s Health at University of Texas- Dell Medical School

Presenting at the Nexus Summit:

BACKGROUNDInfertility is defined as the failure to become pregnant after 1 year of regular, unprotected sexual intercourse, highlighting physiological roots while omitting social drivers. Social infertility occurs “when social or relational factors, such as being single or in a same-sex relationship, limit one's ability to become pregnant”. While the American Society of Reproductive Medicine released an expanded definition of infertility in October 2023 to include those navigating social infertility, these groups continue to be excluded from most other clinical infertility definitions and…