Divorced couple’s frozen embryos must be ‘thawed and discarded’

In a ruling that validates the consent created at an IVF center, a San Francisco judge ruled that frozen embryos a woman wants to use over her ex-husband’s objections must be “thawed and discarded.”

Superior Court Judge Anne-Christine Massullo, in an 83-page decision, upheld a consent form the couple signed shortly after their marriage in 2010. The couple agreed on …