Be Counted

Started: July 30 1996, 11:51 AM
Closes: July 30 1997, 11:43 AM

Whose Embryo Is It, Anyway? A controversy is brewing in Britain over how to dispose of frozen embryos. Thousands of the two- to eight-cell embryos were stored by couples who wanted to have them available in the future for in vitro fertilization. The five-year legal time limit for storage is almost up; however, the government has been unable to reach 900 of the couples for instructions on what they want done with the frozen cells. All of the couples signed contracts with the understanding that the embryos would be destroyed after five years. But a group called LIFE opposes this destruction, and proposes placing the embyros for "adoption" or foster care with infertile couples.

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