Section 30.3 In Vitro Fertilization

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A. (§30.3) In Vitro Fertilization

IVF is a process in which eggs are extracted from a woman’s ovaries and fertilized in a laboratory. First, the woman’s ovaries are stimulated to produce the eggs. The eggs are removed and fertilized, in the laboratory, with sperm. The fertilized egg then divides. These divided fertilized eggs
are called pre-zygotes, or preembryos. (In the developing caselaw, they are almost always referred to as embryos or preembryos.) In general, two or three preembryos are placed...