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Article: Christian adoption agency extends service to 'snowflakes'.(NATION)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- March 3, 2006
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They're called "snowflakes" because each one is unique and frozen.
The term refers to human embryos that may stay in frozen storage indefinitely while their "owners," couples who have used an assisted reproductive technology such as in vitro fertilization, try to decide what to do with them.
But "snowflakes" is not just an analogy. It's the trademark of Snowflakes Embryo Adoptions, a division of a Fullerton, Calif., adoption agency called Nightlight Christian Adoptions.
Nightlight, says its executive director, Ron Stoddart, believes life begins at conception, so it tries to help couples who have frozen embryos connect with couples who want to ...