Professor Ikemoto Comments for New York Times on Frozen Embryos and Anti-Abortion Groups
Professor Lisa Ikemoto commented for the New York Times on the legal disputes over frozen embryos that have resulted after estranged couples failed to agree about their disposal. Increasingly, such litigation has been joined by anti-abortion groups, the Times reports.
"Traditionally, even though excess embryos were produced, in vitro fertilization was seen as helping people have babies, so there was little interaction between that and anti-abortion advocacy," said Ikemoto. "But as the debate over human embryonic stem-cell research heated up, anti-abortion groups woke up to the frozen embryo issue."
Lisa Ikemoto teaches bioethics and health law courses at the UC Davis School of Law. She has written extensively on genetic and reproductive technology, the regulation of fertility and pregnancy, and race and gender disparities in health care. Her current work examines emerging issues in regenerative medicine, including stem cell research, and the human tissues market.