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 cubancigar11 on Thursday July 16 2015, @06:32AM
That's very much the problem with judiciary. Judges don't want to be the one dispensing justice.
It is very much by design, though. Judiciary doesn't exist to dispense justice, it exists to pacify larger populace that doesn't have patience to wait until the biblical Judgment Day comes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 18 2015, @11:52AM
But why should anyone be content to wait for something that isn't going to happen, ever.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Sunday July 19 2015, @03:35AM
The question is that people shouldn't be content with 'judgement day', they should be content with justice. If we were chasing justice, how soon judgement day comes will only be an optimization.