After tragedy, a Greek couple welcomes a daughter born from an embryo frozen for 22 years
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Out of their darkest moment, a Greek couple managed to make a new start with a baby born this week. Doing so meant using one of her decades-old embryos and racing to beat a government deadline. Just months after their 21‑year‑old son died in a road crash in October, Cristina Rapti‑Tzelepi, now 54, and her husband made the decision to pursue another attempt using an embryo frozen for 22 years. Rapti-Tzelepi was running up against the Greek government's 54-year age...
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