Does infertility increase your moral obligations with respect to any of the following problems?

- child poverty
- the depletion of the earth's resources
- the passage of inferior genes from one generation to the next

I know this never even crossed most of your minds, but somehow these questions continue to come up, even in this day and age. So I feel I should pre-emptively supply the answer, which is, of course, "No."

Especially the bit about genes. We both have much more chance of passing along something horrible which isn't related to fertility at all, just, in fact, like any fertile couple. Note the world's first IVF baby recently gave birth after a natural and easy conception.

Our moral obligations to help children out of poverty and conserve the earth's resources have not changed at all because of our diagnosis. They're no different from the obligations of a fertile couple.

It's important to accept that infertility is a legitimate medical condition, as deserving of treatment as any other medical condition.

See also why don't you just adopt?