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To the Editor: As the director of a large academic program in assisted reproduction with a particular emphasis on embryo cryopreservation, I wish to respond to the article by Annas (Aug. 3 issue)¹ on the fate and disposition of cryopreserved embryos. Given the practical limitations associated with the disposition of cryopreserved embryos, practitioners would be ill advised to follow the strategy he proposes.

Annas likens the consent process for advance directives regarding the future disposition of cryopreserved embryos to a "Ulysses contract," one that is irrevocable and not subject to change, even with subsequent substantial changes in family circumstances. This . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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