Anyone know who the... donor was?
"I think she looks pretty perfect to have been frozen all those years ago."
Maybe a little freezer burn, but that will buff out.
In Arkansas they’re already thinking about the opportunities this may bring....
Should have named her Elsa.
So is she considered to be 24 when she was born? She can bypass milk and go straight to beer!
“I can’t help but to be sympathetic for couples having difficulty conceiving.”
Me, too, yet unnerved by thoughts of millions of embryos frozen indefinitely or discarded as trash, when, as this story demonstrates, they are human beings in their earliest stages of life.
Anyone know who the... donor was?
Which goes to show those embryos are HUMAN BEINGS... so are the ones aborted at any weeks or any months into the pregnancy.
24 yrs old at birth? Just a thought....
So why was such an old embryo used? Did it belong to someone in the family? Was it an experiment? I have a lot of questions.
There’s a sci fi/horror movie in this somewhere.
An abomination. Do things the normal way, or not at all.
Interestingly, Emma’s embryo was frozen on Oct. 14, 1992, when Tina was just a year-and-a-half old.
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So daughter and mother are almost the same age going by conception. What if the embryo was older?
I hope I’m wrong, I hope I’m wrong, I hope I’m wrong... but this almost feels like the University did an experiment and found a willing couple. I also hope that they don’t use the birth of this little girl to pocket their bank accounts. You’ve seen it before where the pictures, birthday pictures, etc. are for sale to The Enquirer. There is just a lot of info missing from this story and it doesn’t feel right.
This is so wrong on so many levels.
I am glad she has been allowed to live --- just as much as if they found a person deep in an ice crevasse in a glacier, and managed to thaw him and save him. Saving lives is good.
But those responsible for this moral evil should consider what they've done. They should acknowledge the disturbing truth: they they're the ones that pushed this person into the crevasse. All the reproductive technologies that achieve fertilization outside the mother's body, are treating the youngest humans as unconsenting experimental subjects. And killing most of them.
From the linked article: "The National Embryo Donation Center says it has helped produce more pregnancies through embryo adoption, nearly 700, than any other organization or clinic."
Evidently there is no genetic relationship between the present day parents and their "adopted" embryo. At least, none is stated or implied by the article.
I have heard of very small children having to undergo chemotherapy. I have also met a woman who was significantly injured by her earlier chemotherapy. Harvesting the eggs of a girl prior to a medical procedure which might make her sterile opens up possibilities for children to such a person that would have been unimaginable many years ago.
We are certainly living in a Brave, New World.
Congratulations, it’s a popsicle! Really, a feel good article.