Modern family star Sofia Vergara is being sued by her own embryos in Louisiana, where the law regards embryos as being legal people. In a court case between her and her former fiancé, Nick Loeb, the frozen embryos created as part of their IVF treatment have been named as plantiffs, claiming that the embryos themselves have been deprived of the chance to live and to receive their inheritance. Do you think the embryos created in IVF treatment do or do not have a “right” to be born? | Daily Question

Modern family star Sofia Vergara is being sued by her own embryos in Louisiana, where the law regards embryos as being legal people. In a court case between her and her former fiancé, Nick Loeb, the frozen embryos created as part of their IVF treatment have been named as plantiffs, claiming that the embryos themselves have been deprived of the chance to live and to receive their inheritance. Do you think the embryos created in IVF treatment do or do not have a “right” to be born? Published on 9 December 2016 → Survey conducted on 9 December 2016 on 3246 GB adults

All adults

Region

Gender

Politics

Age

Do have a right to be born

14%

Do not have a right to be born

48%

Don’t know

38%

Do have a right to be born

14%

Do not have a right to be born

48%

Don’t know

38%