Storage and disposal of embryos and gametes
- 6 July 1996
- Vol. 313 (7048) , 1-2
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7048.1
Abstract
But the ability to freeze embryos has presented us with important dilemmas, especially over the question of their future use or misuse. Legal disputes can arise when partners separate or divorce or when one or both partners die. A recent survey of attitudes to the posthumous use and storage of sperm and embryos reported in this issue by Corrigan et al (p 24) illustrates the confusion about such situations …Keywords
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