Under new Arizona law, custody of disputed embryos goes to whoever will help them ‘develop to birth’

When their marriage fell apart, the most contentious issue between Ruby Torres and John Joseph Terrell was the fate of their frozen embryos. There were seven in storage, created with her eggs and his sperm before Torres underwent chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer.

Torres, 37, wanted to use the embryos to have a baby. In divorce proceedings, she told the judge the embryos probably represented her only chance to have biological children. Terrell protested that he had no interest