Frozen “Embryos” (Blastocysts!!)

Frozen “Embryos” (Blastocysts!!)
Acorn Fenility Clinic has a space prihiern. Its director, Franklin rearce, just presented Acorn’s I3oard of [) irections with thc problem. and now a vigorous discussion was going on. Pcarcc Icfl the room to think.
The problem is panty a rcsult ofthc clinic’s succcss. Sincc its inception tcn ycars carlicr, the clinic has almost tripled its number of patients. and its success in achieving prcgn1incies in infcrtilc cotiplc is cquil to
the national average. The clinic’s grcales success has been in the we of in vitro tr1iliiation. This procedure involves tirtilizing the egg oLitside the hcdy and then placing the zygotc in the utcrus of’ the patient. Usually LI to I 5 zygotes are produced. hut inly a few are placed hack in the voman. I1ie rest are frozen and held in liquid nitrogen.
Infertility specialists have been freezing embryos since 19g4, with much success. The length of time an embryo can be held in a frozen state and “thawed outs succcessfully is flOt kno-n. \9th better and better freeiing techniques. the time is increasing. Recently a baby was born from an embryo (hat had been iroicn for eIght years.
Acorn Fertility has been freciing embryos since its inception. It has a large number of such embryos-thousands, in tict-some tioicn for ten years. The parents of many of these embryos are present or past patients who ha e no need tr them. With its patient base increasing, Acorn needs the space for new embryos.
The problem is not Acorn’s alone. len thousand embryos are trozen each year in the United States, and the numbers are increasing. Many of these are sitting in liquid nitrogen in fertility clinics like Acorn.
Now sitting in his office. Dr. Pearce wondered what the Ioard of Directions would decide to do with the embryos that aren’t being used.
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s,What should the board decide? List live things that might be done.
2. l)t Pearce is a medical doctor who has sworn to uphold life. should his view he?
i. In a number of legal cases, frozen embryos have created questions. Who owns them?
Are they property? Are the> children? In general. courts have decided that they are neither, and that thcy should be lcft frozen because no person can be made a parent if he or shc does not warn to be. Is this the right dccision? Why or why not?
In Australia. a couple died bcforc the woman could bc implanted with thc frozen embryos that had been produced from the couple’s eggs and sperim The courts. upon being asked to decide if the couple’s money belonged to the embryos. said no. and ruled that the embryos could not be implanted in anither woman and should he destroyed.
This was 1 5 years ago, and the embryos are still tIo,en. What should be done with then?
s. In the future, we will be able to successfully thaw and implant embryos that have been frozen for 25 to 30 years. What problems do you tbrcscc with this? What benefits? List three of each.
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