Table 3.

Fertility patients' likelihood of choosing option for embryos currently stored according to current thinking about future childbearing

Please indicate how likely or unlikely you are to choose each of these options for your frozen embryos:	Very Unlikely (%)	Somewhat unlikely (%)	Somewhat likely (%)	Very likely (%)
Store for future pregnancy attempts (total)	20	9	13	54
Want baby	3	2	7	86
Unsure whether want baby	11	20	29	33
Don't want baby	82	12	3	3
Thaw and dispose of embryos (total)	55	12	18	6
Want baby	65	12	12	4
Unsure whether want baby	44	13	27	6
Don't want baby	43	11	24	12
Donate to another couple trying to have a baby (total)	59	11	15	7
Want baby	61	10	15	5
Unsure whether want baby	59	14	14	6
Don't want baby	53	9	18	16
Keep embryos frozen forever (total)	64	12	10	4
Want baby	69	11	8	3
Unsure whether want baby	56	15	12	5
Don't want baby	64	13	14	6
Donate the embryos for research (total)	31	10	27	21
Want baby	39	12	25	15
Unsure whether want baby	23	10	35	20
Don't want baby	18	7	25	41
Having the embryos put in my body at a time in my cycle when I would probably NOT get pregnant (total)	64	8	12	7
Want baby	65	8	12	6
Unsure whether want baby	58	11	16	8
Don't want baby	70	8	10	8
Being present at a small ceremony that could occur during thawing and disposing of my embryos (total)	62	10	11	7
Want baby	67	10	9	5
Unsure whether want baby	57	13	14	9
Don't want baby	60	10	14	10