Embryos aren’t property, judge says, dismissing woman’s case against ex
The judge dismissed Honeyhline Heidemann’s lawsuit against her ex-husband, and rejected a previous opinion that referenced a ...
Judge says human embryos from IVF are not divisible property, upending ruling based on slave law
A Virginia judge ruled that human embryos are not property, despite a court having previously ruled that embryos could be ...
Cells That Build Themselves Into an Embryo? Scientists Just Made It Happen
Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...
Psychology Today10d
Why We All Start as Fish
Human embryos briefly exhibit traits like tails and gill-like structures, revealing our evolutionary history and deep ...
Programmable Embryoids Mimic Early Development Stages in the Lab
Scientists used CRISPR technology to create embryo-like structures, or embryoids, from stem cells. These programmable models ...
Judge finds frozen embryos are not divisible property in cancer survivor’s case against ex-husband
A judge finds that Virginia law does not consider frozen embryos to be property that can be divided up in a partition lawsuit ...
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Virginia Courts Won't Split Ownership of Divorced Couple's Embryos
Bugg disagreed, dismissing Honeyhline Heidemann's suit and holding that "human embryos are not subject to partition" under Virginia law "as they do not constitute goods or chattels capable of ...
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Human Embryos Aren’t Property, Virginia Judge Rules
Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner, who is no longer assigned to the case, ruled in 2023 that human embryos could legally be considered property, citing a 19th-century state law ...
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Human embryos aren’t property, Virginia judge rules
A Virginia judge this week ruled that embryos aren’t property in a lawsuit between two ex-spouses over their two IVF-produced embryos. Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Dontae Bugg dismissed ...