Illinois Appeals Court Hears Case over Chicago Frozen Embryos

December 4, 2014

(Chicago Tribune) – Karla Dunston’s only hope of becoming a biological mother after undergoing cancer treatment rests with three frozen pre-embryos at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Her former boyfriend, Jacob Szafranski, who donated the sperm, said he doesn’t want to be forced to be a father after the two broke up. After more than four years of legal wrangling, lawyers for both sides were grilled Tuesday by a three-judge panel of the Illinois Appellate Court during oral arguments in a case that could set a precedent for how disputes over frozen embryos are resolved in the state.