Word: vitro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dilemma might have stumped even King Solomon: what to do with seven fertilized eggs of a divorcing Tennessee couple that are frozen at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Knoxville. Mary Sue Davis, 29, is unable to conceive by natural means and wants custody of her "pre-born children" for future implantation. Junior Davis, 31, claims he is being "raped of my reproductive rights" by his estranged wife and insists on having a joint say on the future of the embryos. "I do not want a child of mine in a single-parent situation," he argued...
...opinion loaded with some of the coded language that often surrounds abortion controversies, Young ruled that "human life begins at conception." The lawsuit ought to be decided as a question of custody, he concluded, and "it is to the manifest best interests of the child or children, in vitro that they be available for implantation." Questions of final custody, child support and visitation rights will be decided later if there is a birth. Junior Davis immediately announced he would appeal...
...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...
...vitro process, eggs are extracted surgically from a woman's body and mixed with sperm in a laboratory dish. Those that are fertilized can be implanted in the womb. Testimony indicated the success rate for the procedure averages about one in five...
...growing practice of in-vitro fertilization has raised a tangle of issues. Who has rights over the resulting embryo -- the doctor? the parents? And what rights does the embryo have...