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Article: Embryo donations fuel stem cell debate.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2002
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Byline: Jeremy Manier
CHICAGO _ On Aug. 1 Laura and Raymond Paterniti ended their six-year struggle to have a child when Laura gave birth to a daughter who bore no genetic relation to either of her new parents.
Alexa, an infant with spiky black hair, came to the family as an embryo donated by another Chicago-area couple with embryos to spare after a round of in-vitro fertilization. With her new baby, Laura Paterniti has rebounded from despair over infertility to amazement that the anonymous embryo donors let strangers bear and raise their genetic child.
"I thank God for that woman every day," Paterniti said.
Although embryo donation ...