Ginnie Graham

Tulsa World Columnist

Nineteen years ago, Lisa Dill decided her family was complete. She and her then-husband had fostered more than 60 children, and she had given birth to eight children, three of whom died at or before birth.

They faced a tough decision.

Dill had undergone IVF treatment due to complications of endometriosis and had seven embryos. Of the three implanted, she got pregnant with twins, but neither survived until birth. Right after that, she got pregnant naturally with her last child. That left four embryos frozen at a St. Louis facility at a cost of $700 a year.

“I was told three choices: Destroy your embryos, donate them to science or use them yourself. I didn’t like those options,” the Tulsa woman said. “I was in deep prayer. I was like, ‘God you gave me

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