... tactics from Christian adoption to cast frozen embryos as vulnerable orphans, without parents or homes, and worth saving. Tropes of white saviorism are elemental to such efforts and find expression through what I call “embryo saviorism.” Understanding what embryo saviorism is and its role in embryo...

...This chapter brings us deeper inside the world of embryo adoption to consider the seductions and harms of embryo saviorism as it is wielded by its agents—professionals and participants. The frozen orphan and embryo savior are the most conspicuous figures used in public outreach and political...