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- Title: Frozen Embryos, Divorce, And Needed Legislation: On the Horizon Or has It Arrived?
- Author : Florida Bar Journal
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
Description
Although the first reported child born from a "cryopreserved embryo" (commonly referred to as a frozen embryo) surfaced in 1984, it was not until 1992, amazingly, that the legal world first considered what should happen with those unused frozen embryos when the would-be parents proceed to dissolve their marriage. Since then, a handful of appellate divorce decisions across the country have addressed the issue of the fate of frozen embryos when the couple divorces. Those decisions, however, offer little uniformity for future cases. As a general matter, when couples seek infertility treatment, multiple embryos are created, resulting in frozen, unused embryos for future use and implantation. The decision to create multiple embryos is supported by sound medical practice in order to increase the couple's chances of additional attempts at pregnancy. However, it also undoubtedly creates a future disposition problem that most couples choose not to address prior to commencing the infertility treatment, unless required by the storage facility to do so. As of 2008, USA Today reports there are approximately 500,000 frozen, stored embryos in the U.S. (1) Often, the couple successfully uses some, but not all, of those frozen embryos to create the family they originally intended. If they ultimately decide not to have more children, the last thing on the couple's radar is when and how to dispose of the unused frozen embryos.
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