For fertility patients who never dreamed they’d have extra embryos, decisions about what to do with the surplus are personal — and increasingly political Susie Sheehan sat alone on her couch ...

So Krys and his partner offered the surplus embryos to their sperm donor, since he was the only person they thought could ethically welcome their kids’ siblings into the world. Their sperm donor ...

The resolution also urged couples to adopt surplus frozen embryos that would otherwise be destroyed. Did the resolution condemn IVF or call for its banning? Not in a blanket way. What it did was ...

In many ways, infertility is a numbers game -- more embryos created means more tries for success. She was asked in the beginning about the matter of surplus embryos, but how could she think about ...

Ciara Cashen gave birth to her son Caelan last autumn after her fourth round of IVF. She and her husband Frankie Mulqueen are ...

Newly installed European Commissioner for Science and Research Janez Potocnik believes that scientists in European nations should be allowed to use surplus human embryos to create stem cells for ...

Many couples choose to freeze the surplus embryos in liquid nitrogen; this technique is called cryopreservation. The main factor that determines whether an embryo will survive the deep freeze is ...

In many ways, infertility is a numbers game -- more embryos created means more tries for success. She was asked in the beginning about the matter of surplus embryos, but how could she think about ...

Southern Baptist delegates expressed alarm Wednesday over the way in vitro fertilization is routinely being practiced, approving a resolution lamenting that the creation of surplus frozen embryos ...