The dilemma over what to do with embryos cast aside, and who should assume ownership of them, is a thorny one.
Sara Raber, 43, said she knew frozen embryos were part of the process when she began IVF treatments in 2008.Both boys were conceived through the transfer of fresh embryos into Raber’s uterus at the Center for Human Reproduction , a New York fertility clinic. Other embryos were frozen during her treatments. Raber said she had the option of using frozen embryos when she began trying for her second child, but opted to use new eggs instead.
“Even though I knew I was done procreating, it was very hard to make the final decision,” Raber said. “For months, I sat on the paperwork.” That was the case with the actress Sofia Vergara. The “Modern Family” star created two embryos with her former partner, Nick Loeb. When the couple broke up, Loeb wanted custody while Vergara wanted to make certain the embryos were never implanted. Today, the embryos remain frozen, as Vergara and Loeb continue to battle in court.
Tad Pacholczyk, director of education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center, agrees a national debate over frozen embryos will spill into future generations. “We have reason to believe embryos frozen using modern technology can last over 100 years,” Silber said. Concerned about the growing population of abandoned embryos, Sweet established Embryo Donation International in 2011 in Fort Myers. The program has gathered surplus embryos from 67 fertility clinics, all from women and couples who have explicitly granted permission to donate their embryos to infertile patients.
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