Although it is called adoption, embryo adoption is not legally an adoption. It’s a contractual agreement where embryos created during in vitro fertilization are transferred to another person or couple ...

An embryologist uses a microscope to view an embryo, visible on a monitor. AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Katherine Drabiak, University of South Florida In the weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court held ...

(The Conversation) — In the weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are “unborn children” under one state law, most attention has been focused on in vitro fertilization – whether the ...

Biological processes depend on puzzle pieces coming together and interacting. Under specific conditions, these interactions can create something new without external input. This is called ...

New assisted reproductive technologies, embryo pooling and banking, are transforming fertility treatments. Embryo pooling ...

(NewsNation) — An Ohio couple recently gave birth to a baby born of an embryo that was frozen in 1994 through a process of embryo adoption. The process has gained traction among religious and pro-life ...

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The Alabama Supreme Court has declared that frozen embryos are legally children. The ruling is narrow in scope but broad in possible implications, leaving doctors, patients, and potential patients in ...