In Davis V

question 30

Multiple Choice

In Davis v. Davis, the court held that if a divorcing couple cannot decide what to do with unused frozen pre-embryos:

• A)the party wishing to use the embryos for procreation should ordinarily prevail, assuming the other party has a reasonable possibility of achieving parenthood by means other than the use of the frozen pre-embryos in question
• B)the party wishing to avoid procreation should ordinarily prevail, assuming the other party has a reasonable possibility of achieving parenthood by means other than the use of the frozen pre-embryos in question
• C)the judge should destroy the pre-embryos
• D)the dispute should be resolved in arbitration

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