A divorced Arizona woman cannot use her frozen embryos when her ex-husband doesn't want children with her, the state’s highest court ruled last week.
One month later, the couple signed a contract with a fertility clinic. The agreement said that any fertilized eggs would be considered joint property, and both parties would have to agree about what to do with them if the relationship ended.
Four days after signing the contract, Torres and Terrell married. They started IVF shortly afterward and produced seven viable embryos, according to court records. Three years later, Terrell filed for divorce. Torres still hoped to become a mother, and asked to use the existing embryos since chemotherapy ruined her chances of getting pregnant again.
“She wanted to … force my client to become a father against his will,” Terrell’s lawyer, Eric Fraser,Under Arizona law, Terrell would still be financially responsible for the child even if the baby was born after he and Torres split, according to Fraser.Torres’ lawyer, however, said his client planned to remarry and have the new father adopt any future child. She would not have required financial assistance from Terrell, Murray said.
The case inspired an Arizona law passed in 2018 that would have given Torres the opportunity to use her embryos without Terrell’s consent. Because the statute is not retroactive, it does not apply to Torres.
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