Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court::IVF often produces more embryos than are needed or used.

  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Not sure exactly what companies store these frozen embryos, but if the company closes or you pass. How are the embryos disposed of?

    Does the company need to keep them frozen and alive indefinitely? Or is it murder if they are terminated by the company? What happens if the freezers/cooler breaks? Who is responsible for the now classified murder?

    • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      This is according to a friend who had it done:

      If the treatment worked and there were embryos left over, they waited X amount of time, I think a year or so, and if they don’t hear anything from you then they are destroyed.

      My friend said she got a reminder but didn’t want to think about it, that it was too hard, so she never responded and assumes they’re gone. She said that to her, she never told them to do it, and that helps her if she ever thinks about it. She ended up having twins.

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      9 months ago

      Should be a gofundme paid for by the morons who support this nonsense. It would be excruciating expensive, too.