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Article: Resolving disputes over excess frozen embryos through the confines of property and contract law.
- Article from:
- Journal of Law and Health
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
- Author:
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I. BACKGROUND
II. EMBRYONIC MATERIAL AS PROPERTY
A. Labor/Lockean Theory of Property
B. Economic Theory of Property
III. CURRENT REGULATION OF EMBRYONIC MATERIALS
A. Statements by Expert Agencies
B. Current State Statutes
IV. OUTCOME DETERMINATION THROUGH CONTRACT LAW
V. CONCLUSION
New technology in the field of fertility has allowed for increased production of human embryos. Several conflicts occur given this increased number of cryogenically frozen embryos. One such conflict is what to do with left over frozen embryos when couples or individuals have decided that they have enough children or no longer want children. Another issue ...