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The practice of freezing embryos as part of in vitro fertilization (IVF) was thrown into chaos in Alabama this year, when the state supreme court ruled that such embryos should be considered children, exposing clinics to wrongful death claims in the event they are destroyed in the thawing process. In 2021, more than 80% of U.S. IVF procedures involved the transfer of frozen embryos, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Undermining use of frozen embryos in IVF would introduce many uncertainties, delays and possible additional expenses, according to...

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Three children. i have to have them all. >> i didn't think we could get -- i figured that it would be a single pregnancy. >> but during an ultrasound, they discovered they were having twins. >> i don't think there is any risk to freezing embryos that is related to the number of years that the embryo is frozen. we have been freezing embryos for nearly 40 years and there has not been an increase risk to the babies or to the pregnant women. what makes the embryo a good quality often times is the age of the woman at the time that she donated eggs. and so the younger the woman, the more likely that...

The donated embryos are believed to be the oldest ever to result in a live birth. >> we weren't looking to get the oldest em beos in the world, we just wanted the one waiting the longest. >> nadc is a faith-based center. the center has facilitated more than 1200 births through donated embryos and according to the society of assisted preproductive medicine, the number has deck lined from 1,000 a year in 2013 to 2100 in 2020. of which around 40% result in a live birth. >> i see the three of them and then he said, multiples could cause problems and in pregnancy and so at this point, i would recom...

Embryos from one couple or individual and transfer them into another individual in order to build families. >> reporter: freezing embryos is not a new technique. in fact, the first baby born from a frozen embryo was back in 1984, but at a time when medical science has pushed the boundaries of life earlier and earlier, a new question has arisen. how late is too late? >> going into this process, we wanted to choose children that in our eyes were the most unwanted, the most needy, the ones in a lot of ways that have been overlooked. >> intentionally or not, the ridgeways have set a record. after ...