SCOUT· 38%43m·2026-09-10·News PoliticsA Couple Breaks Up. Who Gets Custody of Their Embryos?
As more people in the United States use I.V.F. to have children, embryos are being stored in fertility clinics across the country. It raises the question: What should happen to those embryos if a couple breaks up? Caroline Kitchener, who covers families for The New York Times, tells the story of Erin Millender, who…
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“So she pushed her husband away, refused to do counseling, and then was shocked when he wanted a divorce and didn’t want to be forced to have a child with her? I’m sorry but she is so far in the wrong here.”
“She isolates her partner for him not being emotional enough and then she's surprised he wants to end the relationship. Shocking.”
“I will never understand why these women just don't adopt a child. If your wish is really to have a family, become a mother, give love to a baby or child, why should it matter if you gave birth or not?”
“This whole episode deeply disturbed me. Reading the background article on her made this feeling even worse. I feel terrible for this child.”
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