Time running out in fight for embryos; case goes to U.S. Supreme Court
The Houston Chronicle reports:
. . . If the court declines to hear the case, the 46-year-old Nigerian-born nurse’s dreams of having an embryo implanted and carrying the pregnancy to term will die . . .
At issue is the fate of the test-tube embryos created six years ago by Roman and her then-husband Randy Roman in a desperate try for parenthood. Ten hours before an embryo was to be implanted in his wife, though, Randy Roman changed his mind, Augusta Roman said in an earlier court filing . . .
“Had an embryo been in her womb, there would be no question of ordering it to be discarded,” said Teresa Collett, a Minnesota law professor who is preparing Augusta Roman’s petition to the high court. “These are her embryos that are just separate from her body. That the father no longer wants the pregnancy is not legally relevant. … At the end of the day, if you contribute the sperm, you’re done.”