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Dr. Duane is an expert in restorative reproductive medicine that actually addresses the root cause of infertility and subfertility. She has been instrumental in implementing medical courses at various colleges across the US to train new doctors in the art and science of root cause fertility medicine.
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Dr. Duane has worked tirelessly to build an organization that promotes truthful information about restorative reproductive medicine versus bandaid approaches. She has built entire curriculum for medical schools to teach the science of fertility from a restorative approach, continues to be involved in medical research and supporting policies that support whole person fertility medicine, all while still seeing patients herself.
Dr. Marguerite Duane is a brilliant nomination! The only one I see on this site who is focusing on Resorative Reproductive Medicine. (Correct me if i'm wrong). She has the ability to articulate and promote this cutting edge, scientific approach to women's reproductive health.
As a Georgetown University professor and Exec. Dir. of FACTS for over a decade she is n a position to know where research needs to be done and what training doctors need - to bring them up to speed on highly effective alternatives to IVF and hormonal contraception.
I met her 14 years ago when I was employed as a Certified FertilityCare Practitioner by Howard U Hospital's OB/Gyn Faculty Practice Plan, working under Dr. Amina White, a Naprotechnology-trained OB/Gyn. She was a pioneer at that time and, if given a position at HHS. she will be able to hit the ground running. I hope she won't be the only RRM researcher brought into HHS!
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RFK Jr has stated publicly that he wants to address the chronic disease epidemic in America, as well as our country’s fertility crisis. Restorative Reproductive Medicine/RRM does both! Dr. Duane is a terrific representative of the RRM movement, and I believe that it is crucial that the Trump administration turns to RRM for natural reproductive health solutions.
When the Affordable Care Act/“Obamacare” mandated insurance coverage of temporary and permanent methods of contraception, it also accelerated our current fertility crisis. President-Elect Trump has said he wants to expand In Vitro Fertilization/IVF insurance coverage, and though I appreciate his sentiment in helping couples to build their families, IVF comes with several problems. The percentage of embryos that survive from fertilization to live birth is very low. The short term costs of IVF are prohibitive, and insurance premiums will increase significantly if IVF coverage is mandated. Women’s short-term health is also negatively impacted by the IVF process, and their long-term health is also harmed because the underlying causes of their infertility are often left undiagnosed or untreated.
IVF is not the answer to the current fertility crisis. RRM is! It has comparable live birth success rates to IVF, and with a much higher embryonic survival rate. Its costs are lower than IVF, with or without insurance coverage. And, it helps to heal women in the process of diagnosing and treating the underlying causes of infertility, helping couples to improve their immediate and long-term reproductive health.
Our country’s chronic disease and fertility crises can be reversed, and adding Dr. Marguerite Duane and RRM onto the MAHA team can help to accomplish this. An extensive network of NFP teachers and RRM-trained physicians already exist in the US, and it has been built primarily through grassroots and word-of-mouth. Dr. Duane can help MAHA to tap into this network, and American women will be forever grateful.
Thank you for taking the time to read this recommendation, and God bless you!