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When to speak up about family members' fertility treatment struggles

My brother and his wife have been doing IVF for two years and spending their savings on it, and our whole family is walking on eggshells around them, but I think the stress is destroying their marriage and I don't know if caring about them means supporting their choices or saying something about what we're all witnessing.

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Watching loved ones pursue painful medical treatments can create ethical dilemmas about when support becomes enabling harm.

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