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Freddie

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10. Happened to a friend years ago

Reply to ret5hd (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:08 AM

Jun 2022

She got pregnant with triplets via IVF. She was told she could have healthy twins, or sickly/dead triplets and die herself in the process. She had a reduction, and healthy twins, now 18. Nowadays, realizing that even twin pregnancies are far more problematic than singles, IVF procedures generally do not use multiple embryos anymore.
Of course the “pro-life” crowd would have preferred my friend to have dead triplets.

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Can anyone say for certain what happens to frozen embryos in states banning abortions? [View all] Samrob Jun 2022 OP

every sperm is sacred. Embryos probably are too: mucifer Jun 2022 #1

I think republicans have been asked about this, and they just talk about gas prices Walleye Jun 2022 #2

We are going to need to implant and harvest them somewhere Captain Zero Jun 2022 #5

It will be interesting to find out, won't it? People in need of IVF treatment ... Hekate Jun 2022 #3

... Nevilledog Jun 2022 #11

Jonathan Swift has a suggestion Kablooie Jun 2022 #4

Another question along the same lines: ret5hd Jun 2022 #6

It depends on the statute Effete Snob Jun 2022 #9

Happened to a friend years ago Freddie Jun 2022 #10

George W Bush tried to make an issue out of this... Archae Jun 2022 #7

There is no answer to your question Effete Snob Jun 2022 #8

here is some talk about the case (in Louisiana, of course) of sofia vergara's frozen enbryos rampartc Jun 2022 #12