Molly Everette Gibson, the child born from the viable pregnancy of her mother who used an embryo, which had been stored in a cryogenic freezer for twenty-seven years. The first twins derived from frozen embryos were born in February 1985. Since then and up to 2008 it is estimated that between 350,000 and half a million IVF babies have been born from embryos frozen at a controlled rate and then stored in liquid nitrogen; additionally a few hundred births have been born from vitrified oocytes but firm figures are hard to come by. It may be noted that Subash Mukhopadyay from Kolkata, India reported the successful cryopreservation of an eight cell embryo, storing it for 53 days, thawing and replacing it into the mother's womb, resulting in a successful and live birth as early as 1978- a full five years before Trounson and Mohr had done so. A small publication of Mukherjee in 1978 clearly shows that Mukherjee was on the right line of thinking much before anyone else had demonstrated the successful outcome of a pregnancy following the transfer of a 8-cell frozen-thawed embryo into human subjects transferring 8-cell cryopreserved embryos. Implications The practice of cryopreservation of embryos has increased in recent years. While the original purpose of freezing embryos was to help heterosexual couples who struggled with infertility, the practice has become an increasingly common avenue to start a family for homosexual couples, single women, as well as surrogates. Prior to successful attempts to effectively freeze embryos for later use, individuals were limited in their assisted reproductive technology options to in vitro fertilization (IVF), whereby sperm and egg were combined in a lab to create the embryos, all of which then had to be immediately implanted into the mother. Cryopreservation enables the embryos to be safely stored for extensive periods of time. Individuals are then able choose the proper time to use the embryos as well as elect to use only one embryo at a time while saving the others for later use. Doing so reduces the possibility of conceiving twins or triplets, thus allowing parents to exercise greater control over their vision for their families. Additionally, embryos may be tested and manipulated to eliminate genetic diseases. Legal Implications While the cryopreservation of embryos has been characterized by great scientific developments over the years, the treatment of allocation of embryos in the event of a divorce or separation