Quote Originally Posted by Tgo01 View Post
Even if there was some freak accident where both parents are killed and then the embryo was killed, why in the world would the court appoint a personal representative to manage the estate of an embryo?
If the embryo has a reasonable cause of action and an eager advocate, then the court will appoint someone.

There are people in this world, including some lawyers, who will sue without a moral belief in the rightness of their cause, purely out of a desire for money. That is who would ask to be appointed as a personal representative. Better not to give them the chance. Defensive medicine. There are factors behind the scenes, such as doctor and hospital malpractice insurers, affecting these decisions.