A Couple Breaks Up. Who Gets Custody of Their Embryos?
10 September - 43 minsAs more people in the United States use I.V.F. to have children, embryos are being stored in fertility clinics across the country. It raises the question: What should happen to those embryos if a couple breaks up?
Caroline Kitchener, who covers families for The New York Times, tells the story of Erin Millender, who took a custody battle over frozen embryos to court after her husband revoked his consent to use them.
Guest: Caroline Kitchener, a New York Times reporter, writing about the American family.
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They started I.V.F., and then split. Now who gets custody of the embryos?Photo: Kim Raff for The New York Times
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