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Article: Frozen Embryos Can Be Destroyed, Courts Rule.(Brief Article)
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- October 12, 1998
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Judges in two states have further eroded the rights of unborn children by deciding that tiny human embryos, once intended to be used for in vitro fertilization, can be destroyed even if one of the parents wants a chance to give them life.
The cases, in New York and New Jersey, both involve couples who created the embryos while married but later divorced without implanting all of them. Neither of the judges considered the humanity of the frozen embryos, but based the decision solely on contract law.
The couple in New Jersey, who were not identified in press reports, created their embryos in 1995 after three years of infertility, according to the ...