La. Stat. tit. 9 § 129 : Revised Statutes — Civil code-ancillaries — OF PERSONS — NATURAL AND JURIDICAL PERSONS — HUMAN EMBRYOS — Destruction TEXT PDF A viable in vitro fertilized human ovum is a juridical person which shall not be intentionally destroyed by any natural or other juridical person or through the actions of any other such person. An in vitro fertilized human ovum that fails to develop further over a thirty-six hour period except when the embryo is in a state of cryopreservation, is considered non-viable and is not considered a juridical person. La. R.S. § 9:129 Acts 1986, No. 964, §1.