embryo

To validate the efficacy of these reprogrammed cells, they were injected into a developing mouse embryo.

These eggs were found to develop normally when fertilized in vitro and to become embryos or offspring when transplanted into the rat uterus.

“If that were the case, if embryos and fetuses had constitutional rights under the due process clause, states would be required to ban abortion,” she told Salon.

The 30 or so eggs initially harvested from Georgie resulted in a single embryo that became their first baby in 2016, she recalled.

However, in 2022, conservative lawmakers in the state put a so-called “Born Alive” ballot measure that would have declared an embryo or fetus as a legal person in front of voters, which they rejected.