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some of Mrs. Davis's successfully fertilized eggs. With this procedure, the eggs could later be thawed to be implanted in Mrs. Davis's uterine cavity during any of her ovulation cycles.
But, on February' 23, 1989, Mr. Davis tiled for a divorce, marking the first legal battle over frozen embryos produced through in vitro fertilization. Just as children are fought over in legal custody cases, 1 he court had to decide who had the right to the fertilized 'eggs. Mrs. Davis had tried to become pregnant for years and did not want the eggs disposed of. She had spent too much time and energy on trying to get pregnant and was not willing to abandon her last chance of having children. Mr. Davis, on the other hand, was not interested in seeing the eggs "hatch," as he did not want to see his wife bear his children after their divorce.
The Davises' case has spawned a series of new cases involving the rights to embryos, as well as a national debate over how we view life. Some argue that the frozen embryos, consisting of only undifferentiated cells, cannot be viewed as human beings as they have not yet formed into a unique individual. Others argue that life starts at conception, so that the moment the egg is fertilized in a petri dish, what is produced must be viewed as a human being. As the couple began to argue over the fertilized eggs, the judge in the divorce trial was being asked to do medical, legal, and ethical, somersaults in deciding whether the Davises’ embryos were just frozen lumps, marital property’ waiting to be divided up, or persons with some rights to legal protection. His decision would have even further implications for abortion and right-to-life advocates.
After listening to both I ho husband and wife contending for the right to their embiyos, the Tennessee Circuit Court judge ruled that the embryos were people, not property, and they were turned over to their mother. Mr. Davis later announced that he would appeal the court's decision.
)) Translate into English using the vocabulary of the article above: схождение в одной точке, проблема, дело, держаться наравне с к-л„ предложение, бесплодный, осложнения, экстракорпоральное оилодотворение, чашка Петри, размораживать, полость матки, обращаться с заявлением (напр, в суд), опека, право на что-либо, избавляться от чего-либо, отказываться, прекращать, вылупляться из яйца, рождать, производить на свет, порождать, вызывать, недифференцированные клетки, зачатие, делать « и шло, кусок/ком, последствия, аборт, противостоять, передавать кому-либо.
.1) Match the synonyms: implications, issues, to dispose of, to keep up with, to bear, complications, to contend,
of.
-I) Fill in the gaps with the words and expressions from the text:
A right to. to turn over to, implications, to spawn, issues, infertile, convergence, to abandon, abortion, a petri dish.
I) In 1970, Mr. Shockley and a group of his associates bought the hotel and its management
me.
J) For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in
from stem cells.
I) The situation was getting worse, and the captain gave the order to ship.
■I) The town was built on the borderline between two countries and has always represented
of both cultures and languages.
•i) T hat notorious court case a lot of arguments among the politicians and lawyers.
fi) He wasn’t sure what to do: his decision might have rather unpredictable for all his
family.
/I 1VF still remains the last hope for many couples around the world, but the treatment is
rather costly and complicated.
It) Ihe conference considered rather sensitive for the modem society such as
and saine-sex marriage.
ч I I iveryone has the freedom of opinion and expression in a democratic country:
V discuss the following questions:
Л What is 1VF?
11 Do you think the frozen embryos should be viewed as human beings? Why? Why not?
11 I о your mind, should abortions be banned? Why? Why not?
i II your were the judge in the Tennessee case, how would you have ruled?
1.1 What, in your opinion, are the implications of the Tennessee judge’s ruling? How could this ruling affect
ctthcr area of life?
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