An appeals court in Chicago has held that a woman may use embryos that she created with her ex-boyfriend despite his objections. Karla Dunston, whose fertility was destroyed by cancer treatment, created frozen embryos with the sperm of her former boyfriend, Jacob Szasfranski. The Court held that there was an oral agreement between the two parties, and it held that Dr. Dunston’s interest in using the embryos outweighed Mr. Szasfranski’s interest in not having them used. In these sorts of disputes past Courts have tended to side with the party that does not want the embryos used. Mr. Szasfranski intends to appeal the Chicago Courts decision.
See Tamar Lewin, Chicago Court Gives Woman Frozen Embryos Despite Ex-Boyfriends Objections, The New York Times, June 12, 2015.
