posted October 01, 2003 04:59 PM
Hmmm not sure what I think about this news item. I personally have not been able to have any children so I can empathise with the woman but I can also in some way understand the mens point of view. It's very sad really that this had to be decided by a court.
What are everyone's thoughts/opinions? Here's the news report.....
Women Lose Embryos Case
TWO women have lost their High Court battle to save their frozen embryos from destruction and use them to have children without the consent of their former partners.
A judge in London rejected a challenge by Natallie Evans and Lorraine Hadley to a law which states that embryos must be destroyed unless both parties consent to storage and use.
Ms Evans, 31, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, and Mrs Hadley, 38, from Sandwell, West Midlands, both underwent IVF treatment with their respective partners and have a number of embryos in storage.
The couples have now separated and the partners have withdrawn consent for the use of the embryos.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act says that, unless both parties consent to storage and use, the embryos must be destroyed.
The judge in the case, Mr Justice Wall, heard in June and July that it was Ms Evans' last chance to have natural children of her own because her ovaries were removed after they were found to contain pre-cancerous cells.
She met her former partner, Howard Johnston, in 1999 and they lived together until last year when he ended the relationship.
Mrs Hadley was married to husband Wayne until they separated in 2000. Mr Hadley had agreed the embryos should remain in storage, but later changed his mind.
Mr Justice Wall expressed his "considerable sympathy for all four of the adults in the dilemma which they faced in these two cases''.
He said it would be easy to criticise Mr Johnston and Mr Hadley, but added: "Such criticisms would, in my judgment, be unfair.''
Lindaland
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