Court in Georgia ruled the prioritization of a mother’s right over an embryo

The Civil Litigation Chamber at Tbilisi City Court ruled in favor of a female claimant and decided to leave a frozen embryo at her disposal. Her husband was against surrogacy.

According to a press release published on its website, Tbilisi City Court states that the woman’s claim was fully acknowledged, thus giving her the right to “select a surrogate mother, sign an appropriate agreement and select a clinic,” without the consent of her husband.

It is reported that the court did not disclose the names of the claimants.

It explains the ruling by the prioritization of a mother’s right over an embryo and also by the fact that “taking into consideration the state of the plaintiff’s health, the disputed embryo represents the only chance of her becoming a mother.”

The couple got married in 2010, according to the statement. Due to health problems, they decided to carry out in vitro fertilization and then have a baby via surrogacy. They approached a medical facility and produced an embryo.

But with time the couple grew apart from each other and the husband changed his mind about surrogacy.

Now he has 14 days to appeal the ruling.

Source: dfwatch.net

• The central office of IRTSA Ukraine completely restores work
• How we work during the COVID-19 pandemic
• 1st International Congress on Reproductive Law
• Soon Americans may face a new ethical dilemma
• ‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston is pregnant with twins
• Image processing technology can impact the success rates of ivf
• Editing genes of human embryos can became the next big thing in genetics
• Supermodel Tyra Banks undergoes IVF
• Scientists discovered a new, safer way for egg freezing
• French scientists have managed to grow human sperm cells in vitro