State who the genetic parents are and who the gestational mother is in each of the following cases: a. A man was exposed to unknown burning chemicals and received several vaccines while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq, and abused drugs for several years before and after that. Now. he wants to become a father, but he is concerned that past exposures to toxins have damaged his sperm. His wife undergoes intrauterine insemination with sperm from the husband’s brother, who has led a calmer and healthier life b. A 26-year-old woman has her uterus removed because of cancer. However, her ovaries are intact and her oocytes are healthy. She has oocytes removed and fertilized in vitro with her husband’s sperm. Two resulting embryos are implanted into the uterus of the woman’s best friend. c. Max and Tina had a child by IVF and froze three extra embryos. Two are thawed years later and implanted into the uterus of Tina’s sister, Karen. Karen’s uterus is healthy, but she has ovarian cysts that often prevent her from ovulating. d. Forty-year-old Christopher wanted children, but did not want a partner. He donated sperm, which were used for intrauterine insemination of a woman who carried the resulting fetus to term for a fee, and gave birth to a daughter. Christopher adopted the child.
State who the genetic parents are and who the gestational mother is in each of the following cases:
a. A man was exposed to unknown burning chemicals and received several vaccines while serving in the U.S. military in Iraq, and abused drugs for several years before and after that. Now. he wants to become a father, but he is concerned that past exposures to toxins have damaged his sperm. His wife undergoes intrauterine insemination with sperm from the husband’s brother, who has led a calmer and healthier life
b. A 26-year-old woman has her uterus removed because of cancer. However, her ovaries are intact and her oocytes are healthy. She has oocytes removed and fertilized in vitro with her husband’s sperm. Two resulting embryos are implanted into the uterus of the woman’s best
friend.
c. Max and Tina had a child by IVF and froze three extra embryos. Two are thawed years later and implanted into the uterus of Tina’s sister, Karen. Karen’s uterus is healthy, but she has ovarian cysts that often prevent her from ovulating.
d. Forty-year-old Christopher wanted children, but did not want a partner. He donated sperm, which were used for intrauterine insemination of a woman who carried the resulting fetus to term for a fee, and gave birth to a daughter. Christopher adopted the child.
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