KERA’s Talk Show looked at the 50,000 plus frozen embryos left over from in vetro fertilization. A great program and interesting issues/points.
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From the show’s description:
500,000 frozen embryos left over from in vitro fertilization procedures are accumulating in storage in the nation’s 430 fertility clinics. What should couples do with these embryos? It’s a difficult decision for many people and rapidly expanding access to fertilization treatment means that more and more couples will face the question in the future. Liza Mundy, Washington Post staff writer, worries that the excess of frozen embryos might “explode the reproductive landscape” in America. Mundy writes about the personal, political, and moral dimensions of the subject in “Souls on Ice: America’s human embryo glut and the unbearable lightness of almost being,” which appears in the current issue of Mother Jones Magazine. Krys Boyd will talk with Liza Mundy this hour.
