Judge rules frozen embryos are property, cites slavery law
Doctor Katarzyna Koziol injects sperm specifically into an egg throughout in-vitro fertilization (IVF) process known as Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) at Novum clinic in Warsaw Oct 26, 2010. | REUTERS/Kacper Pempel A Virginia judge cited a 19th-century regulation about slave ownership in ruling that human embryos can lawfully be deemed residence or “chattel.” Fairfax County…