Your facility has recently acquired several fertility clinics in an effort to expand services offered to the community. As a new Facility Manager, the CEO gave you oversight of these new clinics as she believes that you are the perfect person to help integrate the ideals of your conservative institution with those of the clinics. One of the first tasks given to you is what to do with several hundred fertilized embryos. The facility you work for has a policy that any frozen embryos must be released from the facility within seven years, and maintenance beyond this is prohibited. The fertility clinics currently purge embryos after 13 years, which is the standard for embryo viability. The community is eager to know what your intentions are, and your CEO has released a brief statement that the issue is being carefully considered and all ethical options are being explored. The CEO told you that preserving the embryos past seven years is not an option at this facility, and another solution must be sought.
As the Facility Manager, identify an ethical dilemma you will need to address as part of this process. What is the ethically justifiable solution you will implement?