As more people in the United States use I.V.F. to have children, embryos are being stored in fertility clinics across the country. It raises the question: What should happen to those embryos if a couple breaks up?Caroline Kitchener, who covers families for The New York Times, tells the story of Erin Millender, who took a custody battle over frozen embryos to court after her husband revoked his consent to use them.Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/caroline-kitchener" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Caroline Kitchener</a>, a New York Times reporter, writing about the American family.Background reading:&nbsp;<ul><li>They started I.V.F., and then split. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/us/ivf-embryos-custody.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Now who gets custody of the embryos</a>?</li></ul>Photo: Kim Raff for The New York Times
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