Unexpectedly tricky ethical decisions arise over unused frozen sperm, eggs and embryos
Brenda Loblein never wanted to be in this position. She didn’t want to be faced with a decision about what to do with an extra embryo – a potential child – sitting on ice in a sterilised storage facility.
Loblein was 35 when she walked down the aisle for the second time, and she was already a mother to three children from her first marriage. But the meteorological satellite operator knew that she wanted a child with her new husband, and in vitro fertilisation was necessary.
A 2005 study found that of 58 couples with leftover embryos, 72% hadn’t decided what to do with them
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