Personal Finance Mar 11, 2023
Virginia: Frozen human embryos viewed as ‘property’
Fairfax County Circuit Judge Richard Gardiner has been highly disparaged over his ruling which states that frozen human embryos can be legally considered property, citing a 19th-century law governing the treatment of slaves. In his Feb. 8 preliminary opinion, he defined the frozen embryos of a divorced couple as “goods or chattels.” “As there is no prohibition on […]
By Gemma Iso