During IVF, eggs are collected from a woman’s ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab. The fertilized eggs, known as embryos ...

Although it is called adoption, embryo adoption is not legally an adoption. It’s a contractual agreement where embryos created during in vitro fertilization are transferred to another person or couple ...

Selecting the healthiest embryo is one of the most important steps in in ‑ vitro fertilization (IVF), yet it remains one of ...

An embryologist uses a microscope to view an embryo, visible on a monitor. AP Photo/Richard Drew, File Katherine Drabiak, University of South Florida In the weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court held ...

(NewsNation) — An Ohio couple recently gave birth to a baby born of an embryo that was frozen in 1994 through a process of embryo adoption. The process has gained traction among religious and pro-life ...

(The Conversation) — In the weeks since the Alabama Supreme Court held that embryos are “unborn children” under one state law, most attention has been focused on in vitro fertilization – whether the ...