Woman who wanted to keep frozen embryos loses in court.

[Delahanty]

Originally Posted by Mack Knife

Divorced couple's frozen embryos must be 'thawed and discarded,' judge rules - LA Times

The Judge ruled very well. The woman entered into the agreement. Changing your mind does not mean the man is forced to be a Father.

Lol, this is almost too funny for words.

Men can't be "forced to be" fathers? Since when?

[katharsis]

Originally Posted by Brookside

Can't put our heads in the sand, though, can we?

It can and is happening ... this wasn't even the first case. According to the article, a dozen similar cases have been legislated around the country.

What is a little scary and unsettling to me is how quickly biology and technology have eclipsed regulation. We have companies like 23&me running $99 specials for DNA tests for "genealogy purposes." What's the legislative recourse/penalty if/when that highly personal information is misused?

All moral arguments aside - the judge made the right call. It was a binding contract, the woman was educated and of sound mind when she signed it, and it should be upheld.

Yes. I think this was really well expressed in Jurassic Park when the math genius character, Ian Malcolm said, something like*, "We have been so intent on trying to accomplish what we can, that very few people have stopped to ask whether we should." I completely agree with that.



*This was certainly not verbatim, but as close as I can recall from memory, and I am not sure whether I read or heard the above "quote", as I both read the book and saw the movie.