A burning issue frozen in time: the controversies over freezing of gametes and embryos Could you imagine freezing your eggs or sperm and a century after your death still being the mother or father of children? How about creating embryos and then freezing them until you're ready to have children? In today's society, freezing of gametes and embryos raises several ethical and personal issues that are very controversial for people. Ever since the day scientists and doctors discovered the existence of infertility, they have been trying to find cures or new methods to get around this problem. disability. Freezing gametes and embryos is precisely the new treatment people are turning to. Sometimes couples' egg and sperm do not unite. The couple then goes through IVF and creates around 10 embryos. 3 out of 10 embryos are reinserted into the woman's uterus in the hope that at least one will be born. Now the question is: what happens to the 7 remaining embryos? This is the time when couples usually resort to the freezing method. Before the freezing method existed, doctors only created about 5 embryos and inserted them all into the uterus, which usually led to multiple births. If none of the embryos were taken, the couple would spend about another $10,000 to do the whole process again. Once the freezing method came into play, couples froze the extra embryos for later use instead of repeating the process of creating embryos. Freezing of eggs, sperm and embryos tends to raise a huge controversy among people. There are two different sides to this matter. There are people who think that freezing gametes or embryos is unnatural and unethical, while the other side begs to differ. The other side sees the freezing method as a huge milestone in reproductive technology and should be exploited generously. As of now, the freezing process is open to anyone who can afford it. Those who are against the freezing of gametes and embryos not only want restrictions to be imposed on reproductive technology in general, but also want to eliminate the entire idea of ​​the freezing method. They feel that the freezing method is mainly used for a delaying purpose instead of its main purpose, which was to help infertile people at a lower cost. An example of the delay situation they are talking about is a 30-year-old woman, successful in her career, but who has not found Mr..