Human Embryo Experimentation

Human Embryo Experimentation | Frozen Embryo Adoption Should Be Encouraged

JoAnn L. Davidson is program director for the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program, a division of Nightlight Christian Adoptions. The program promotes the adoption of frozen embryos as an alternative to donating them to scientific research.

Summary: In vitro fertilization is a fertility treatment in which a couple’s egg and sperm are fertilized outside the womb and implanted into the woman as an embryo. Because fertility treatments produce more embryos than can be safely implanted into a womb, unused embryos are frozen so that they may be stored and used...

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