The article “Industry’s Growth Leads to Leftover Embryos, and Painful Choices” by Tamar Lewin, discusses many of the legal and ethical problems that arise when a couple chooses to freeze their leftover embryos. The main purpose of this article to inform affluent, educated adults about the consequences and difficulties that arise when a couple, who has experienced a form of fertility treatment has leftover embryos that they chose not to use. This article does an exceptional job of explaining how difficult making judgements and decisions that will have a significant impact on one's life, future and family may be. Embryo’s are often donated to science, given to other families who are having trouble conceiving, or left in clinics indefinitely.
