Law &. Ethics for Medical Careers 5th Edition by Karen Judson,Carlene Harrison

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Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the questions that follow each of the case studies.
As reproductive technology advanced, headlines announcing "Couple Battles over Frozen Embryos" be­came more and more commonplace. For example, in the 1980s a man went to court and succeeded in pre­venting his ex-wife from using their frozen embryos to become pregnant. He maintained that after he and his wife had divorced, he no longer wanted to become a parent, and should not be forced to do so against his will.
In 1998, a divorced woman in New Jersey won a legal battle with her ex-husband over custody of seven frozen embryos the couple had created in vitro while still married. The wife wanted to have the embryos destroyed, while the ex-husband argued his right to adopt his own embryos to be implanted in a future part­ner or donated to an infertile couple.
In your opinion, should frozen embryos be considered property to be awarded during a divorce? Why or why not?
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