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In Davis v. Davis (1992), the Supreme Court of Tennessee decided a dispute over cryopreserved preembryos in favor of Junior Lewis Davis, who sought…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroAmerican Fertility SocietyConceptionIn Jeter v. Mayo, the Court of Appeals of Arizona in 2005 held that a cryopreserved, three-day-old pre-embryo is not a person for purposes of Arizona…
LawCryopreservationEmbryo transplantationFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroThe court decided a child of in vitro fertilization born with cystic fibrosis does not have the right to sue for wrongful life even in the presence…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethicsThe court treated frozen embryos possessed by an in vitro fertilization clinic as property owned by the parents and held under a bailment contract by…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationThe implication of the court's decision was that Thomas Doolan's identity or personhood existed at the embryo stage in vitro, thus the fact that he…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFetusFertilizationIn a case of first impression in the state of New York, the highest state court decided that a priori written agreement between progenitors of frozen…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethicsIn the case York v. Jones (1989), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia was one of the first US courts to address a…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroConceptionAbortionIn Arizona, statutes that protect persons, such as the wrongful death statute, will not be interpreted by the courts to grant personhood status to…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethicsPursuant to an express provision of the embryo disposition contract they both signed, a husband and wife had to petition the court for instructions…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationIn Maureen Kass v. Steven Kass (1998), the Court of Appeals of New York in Albany, New York, ruled that the state should generally consider IVF…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroInformed consent (Medical law)Surrogate mothers