The nation's first ever bill permitting the adoption of embryos was approved by the Georgia House. Called the "Option of Adoption Act," the measure is designed to prevent an embryo donor from later claiming the child born from that embryo to another family, according to The Associated Press.
It specifically provides procedures for the genetic parents to relinquish their rights to embryos before birth and allow the recipient intended parents to be the legal parents of the child that may be born as a result of embryo transfer.
Additionally, the bill changes the definition of "child" to include a human embryo and offers the same legal rights to adoption as human beings.
As defined by the bill, a human embryo is a fertilized egg, from the single-cell stage to 8-week development. Language in the bill stops short of granting an embryo its own rights and does not create personhood for embryos.
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