Embryo Adoption
In the next couple of weeks, they learned as much as possible about it. They could not believe what they found out about it. “We live in a world with hundreds of thousands of embryos frozen in the United States alone,” said Aaron, “Most who aren’t selected by their biological parents are donated to science or destroyed or kept frozen.” It means that many embryos just go to waste! Embryo adoption lets others adopt the embryos and then use them. The couple felt drawn to the idea of this process…
Going Ahead
After doing their research, they felt obligated to do something about it. This will allow Rachel to get pregnant and carry the babies herself. However, their beliefs had been the main reason they did this. Aaron said, “If Christians – or others – really believe life begins at conception, it follows that we should respond by being willing to support embryo adoption and even take part in it ourselves.” They made up their minds and went to the National Embryo Donation Center to start the process.