{"id":9720,"date":"2025-11-07T16:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9720"},"modified":"2025-11-07T16:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:38:24","slug":"ivf-embryos-turned-into-jewelry-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=9720","title":{"rendered":"IVF embryos turned into jewelry sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"


By Samantha Kamman, Christian Post Reporter Thursday, November 06, 2025<\/span>A child in the womb.<\/span> | Getty Images\/RubberBall Productions<\/span><\/p>\n

A jewelry company offering keepsakes made from embryos created through in vitro fertilization is drawing criticism from pro-life advocates who argue that it’s treating children like decorations and denies them a dignified burial.<\/p>\n

Blossom Keepsake, based in the United Kingdom, advertises on its website that it crafts modern heirloom jewelry for parents who have undergone IVF but can no longer store their unused embryos or feel uncertain about donation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the company, its IVF embryo keepsake jewelry service offers couples a “gentler way to [honor] what [they] created\u201d by encasing the embryos of their children into rings, pendants, bracelets and charms.<\/p>\n

Blossom Keepsake also states that it can combine the embryo “with other meaningful inclusions to tell the whole story. Popular choices include breastmilk, ashes, hair, umbilical cord, dried flowers and fabric.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Couples can choose from a variety of metals, including sterling silver and rose gold, and they can also personalize their IVF embryo jewelry by adding birthstones and diamonds, according to the website.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While the company states in the Frequently Asked Questions section that it doesn’t yet have an upper limit on the number of embryos parents can set into jewelry, it does advise couples that have a large number of embryos to consult with them first.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On its website, Blossom Keepsake promotes IVF embryo keepsakes as a way for couples to \u201ccreate something symbolic\u201d that \u201ctruly represents [their] journey.\u201d Pro-life advocates, however, contend that setting embryos into jewelry treats children like commodities instead of human beings deserving of dignity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThese embryos are actually human beings,\u201d pro-life advocate Stephanie Gray Connors, the author of On IVF<\/em> (The Dignity Series), told The Christian Post. \u201cThey were alive until the parents chose to have them stored in a stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children made by IVF are more valuable than any earthly jewel; those who have died deserve a respectful burial as any born person does, and those involved in taking the lives of the youngest of our kind owe them repentance, not rings,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pro-life advocacy group Live Action, founded by Lila Rose, referred to the practice of encasing human beings in jewelry as \u201cdystopian\u201d in a post on X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cParents can now turn their \u2018leftover’ IVF embryos, living children, into jewelry. We are treating human life as decoration \u2014 a keepsake of convenience,\u201d the pro-life organization warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Blossom Keepsake did not respond to The Christian Post\u2019s request for comment. However, this article will be updated if a response is received.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the Mayo Clinic, IVF consists of a process in which \u201cmature eggs are collected from ovaries and fertilized by sperm in a lab\u201d and \u201ca procedure is done to place one or more of the fertilized eggs, called embryos, in a uterus.\u201d<\/p>\n

While proponents of IVF typically argue that it provides couples struggling with infertility the opportunity to have children, pro-life advocates and bioethicists have warned that the practice results in the destruction of human lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Them Before Us, an organization that advocates for the right of every child to be raised by a mother and father, has cited research that suggests only 7% of lab-created children are born alive, while others remain frozen, are donated to science or “compassionately transferred to die in the womb.”<\/p>\n

According to a 2024 article published by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, it\u2019s estimated that more than 1.5 million embryos are currently frozen and being kept in storage across the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s decided for any reason that too many embryos have implanted, or the babies are deemed to be the wrong sex, or not developing as the commissioning parents desire, a reduction may be performed \u2014 or rather, abortions, until only the desired number and quality remain,\u201d Them Before Us states on its website.<\/p>\n

Samantha Kamman is a reporter for The Christian Post. She can be reached at:\u00a0samantha.kamman@christianpost.com. Follow her on Twitter:\u00a0@Samantha_Kamman<\/a><\/p>\n