Disputes about what to do with unused, cryopreserved, pre‐implantation, pre‐embryos (“frozen embryos”) in family law cases have been making headlines for nearly 30 years. At least 15 cases have been decided by courts of appeal across the U.S., and the result of these decisions is uncertainty. Cases have been decided primarily based on three different approaches: the contract approach; the balancing of interests approach; and the contemporaneous mutual consent approach. There is great reluctance to decide any case in a manner that will compel parenthood against a person's wishes. The article proposes that we adopt the approach of counsel or contemporaneous mutual consent.

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家庭法案件中关于冷冻胚胎的争议–辩护律师或同时代双方同意

在家庭法案件中，如何处理未使用的，冷冻保存的，植入前的，胚胎前的（冷冻胚胎）的争议已成为头条新闻。全美上诉法院已经裁定了至少15宗案件，这些裁决的结果是不确定的。案件的判决主要基于三种不同的方法：合同法；利益平衡法；以及同时代的共同同意方法。极不愿意以任何会强迫父母违背个人意愿的方式来决定任何案件。文章建议我们采用律师或同时期相互同意的方法。