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Woman wants dead fiancé's baby: who owns a dead man's sperm.

M Spriggs1.   

Abstract

The Brisbane Supreme Court has denied an Australian woman's request to harvest and freeze her dead fiancé's sperm for future impregnation. After she was denied access to the sperm, the woman learnt that her fiancé may have been a sperm donor and she began checking to find out if his sperm was still available. Given what we know, there is a good ethical argument that the woman should have access to the sperm and should be allowed to have her dead fiancé's child. Another aspect of this case is that it illustrates the way in which ethics, law, and personal opinion can differ.

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Keywords:  Genetics and Reproduction

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Year:  2004        PMID: 15289530      PMCID: PMC1733902          DOI: 10.1136/jme.2003.004432

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Ethics        ISSN: 0306-6800            Impact factor:   2.903


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Review 1.  Post-mortem human reproduction: legal and other regulatory issues.

Authors:  Sheila A M McLean
Journal:  J Law Med       Date:  2002-05
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1.  'Til death us do part: the ethics of postmortem gamete donation.

Authors:  M J Parker
Journal:  J Med Ethics       Date:  2004-08       Impact factor: 2.903

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