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Multiple Blessings of Embryo Adoptions

In the United States today, there are nearly one million babies, often called snowflake babies, kept in frozen cryostorage. Every human life is sacred from the moment of fertilization. These precious babies can be given a chance to be born and live out their lives through a process known as embryo adoption. This can be a great blessing to families on both sides of the equation.

Lives Yet to Be Lived

The birth of Hannah Strege is recorded in history books and has been the subject of university ethics classes.  She was the world’s first adopted frozen embryo. Hannah’s origin changed the landscape of possibilities regarding adoption.

Over 700 children and their adoptive parents have followed in Hannah’s tiny footprints. Many more are on their way.

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AI Was Wrong

A woman responded to my weekly blog, The Latest on the good and bad about Artificial Intelligence.  The bad being AI weeds out what it deems to be poor quality human embryos for in vitro fertilization.  Heather said they adopted seventeen frozen embryos and were blessed with “three amazing sons.”

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The Truth of IVF

Many of them gave readers the impression that IVF was banned, and birth control would soon follow. None of that is true.

The Alabama Supreme Court didn’t ban IVF, it simply protected the human embryos at the center of this assisted reproductive technology. IVF can be accomplished while respecting innocent human life. 

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Beth Button is the executive director of the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program. She has a Bachelor of Science in Family Science and has worked in the field of social services for nearly 30 years. She has worked for Nightlight Christian Adoptions in various roles for the past 20 years, including eight years on the Snowflakes team. Her hobbies include crafting, reading, and watching her children’s sporting events.

Caleb and Suzanne Johnson live in Southern California and have four kids, from age 7 down to 10 months old. Caleb works in the commercial real estate industry, and Suzanne is a former corporate banker who now stays at home and homeschools the kids. As a family, they like to explore and appreciate God’s creation by traveling to different National Parks. The kids love music (singing hymns or musicals), playing outside (bikes and scooters all day long), and reading. They love and have been a part of their church for 10 years; Caleb serves as an usher and small group leader, Suzanne loves teaching the kids, and the kids love attending Sunday and mid-week services. They have been so blessed by their youngest, Isaac, who is a snowflake baby!