Word: cased
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MARYVILLE, Tenn.--In an unprecendented divorce case, a woman seeking control of seven frozen embryos was awarded temporary custody yesterday by a judge who ruled that life begins at conception and that the woman should be allowed to carry them to term...
...case grew out of the decade-old technology of "test-tube babies," or in-vitro fertilization. The Davises became embroiled in the dispute after they were unable to have children and turned to in-vitro fertilization...
After declaring the embryos to be children, Young in effect treated the case like a custody dispute, in which the overriding concern is the best interest of the child...
...Frank's case is less troubling than Lukens's. Lukens essentially abused a child; Frank was manipulated by a sleazy adult with more than 10 prior convictions. Lukens turned to hired sex because he had an admitted fetish for Blacks, according to the child; Frank said he turned to prostitutes after 45 years of repressing his sexuality. Afraid to come out of the closet, Frank said he had to turn to illegal methods of fulfillment...
Frank, meanwhile, sought to carry out normal congressional duties while declining to discuss his case with reporters...