NYTimes (December 4, 2008):"Although the couple, who live in Brentwood, Tenn., have known for years that they wanted no more children, deciding what to do with the extra embryos has been a dilemma. He would have them discarded; she cannot.There is no easy answer, said Ms. Best, a nurse. I cant look at my twins and not wonder sometimes what the other nine would be like. I will keep them frozen for now. I will search in my heart."At least 400,000 embryos are frozen at clinics around the country, with more being added every day, and many people who are done having children are finding it harder than they had ever expected to decide the fate of those embryos. "http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/us/04embryo.html?_r=1&sq=Frozen%20Embryos&st=cse&adxnnl=1&scp=1&adxnnlx=1228492870-EjmqWR9tTUVPbENPDXECQQ

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal. 

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