The Brief

An Ohio couple who struggled with infertility for years had a healthy baby boy last month using an embryo that had been frozen for more than 30 years.

In what's known as embryo adoption, Lindsey and Tim Pierce used a handful of donated embryos that have been frozen since 1994 in pursuit of having a child after fighting infertility for years. Their son, Thaddeus Pierce, was born Saturday from an embryo that had been in storage for 11,148 days, which the Pierces’ doctor says sets a record.

"We didn’t go into this thinking about records — we just wanted to have a baby," Lindsey Pierce said.

What is embryo adoption?

The backstory:

Embryo adoption has been around since the 1990s but is gaining traction as some fertility clinics and advocates, often Christian-centered, oppose dis

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