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Embryo donations fuel stem cell debate.
Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService)
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September 15, 2002
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Byline: Jeremy Manier
CHICAGO _ On Aug. 1 Laura and Raymond Paterniti ended their six-year struggle to have a child when Laura gave birth to a daughter who bore no genetic relation to either of her new parents.
Alexa, an infant with spiky black hair, came to the family as an embryo donated by another Chicago-area couple with embryos to spare after a round of in-vitro fertilization. With her new baby, Laura Paterniti has rebounded from despair over infertility to amazement that the anonymous embryo donors let strangers bear and raise their genetic child.
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