No, An Embryo Is Not A Child.

All fertility patients know this painful fact.

There’s a folder somewhere on my computer called “IVF.” In that folder is a magnified image of an embryo. It was emailed to me by my nurse a few days before our transfer date when the embryo would [hopefully] implant in my uterus. “I thought you’d like to see! :)” her message reads. The image shows a circular, jelly-like blob with a translucent bubble a…