A court battle between a divorced couple over the future of their frozen embryos began Monday with an attorney for the former husband accusing the woman of using the dispute to get money.
Dr. Mimi Lee, 46, a pianist and part-time anesthesiologist, married Stephen Findley, a wealthy executive, five years ago. Shortly before the wedding, Lee learned she had breast cancer.
Unsure whether the disease would make it impossible for her to have children, the couple went to a fertility center, where Lee's eggs and Findley's sperm created five embryos, now frozen.
Findley filed for divorce two years ago and wants the embryos destroyed. Lee, now infertile, wants to implant the embryos into a surrogate and have a baby. Without the embryos, she will never have a child who shares her genes.
If the embryos are implanted and carry to term, the ex-husband becomes a father without consent. If the embryos are destroyed, the ex-wife is denied the deep need to procreate. The embryos themselves have issues either way. Modern biomedical ethics are complex.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday July 16 2015, @01:42AM
How this bears any relevance? Anthony Quinn fathered his last child at the age of 81, 5 years before his death [wikipedia.org].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Insightful) by cubancigar11 on Thursday July 16 2015, @06:27AM
Anthony Quinn had money. This woman has none or will have none left after paying the attorney fee. Then she will demand maintenance and alimony and there is no legal precedent to deny that. It really is the problem with the law that maintains that a woman must be paid in all circumstances and a man must be made to pay in all circumstances.