Sperm donation from deceased donors should be permitted, ethicists say
A new JME article makes the case for harvesting sperm from dead donors. Scientists should be allowed to harvest sperm from dead donors, according to...
Parents of deceased West Point cadet get right to use his sperm to create a child
Judge says that the man would have agreed although there is no written proof Peter Zhu A New York judge has ruled that the...
More adventures in the Reproductive Revolution: sperm donation
Would you marry a professional sperm donor? Hannah and her suitors “Bachelorette” is a reality TV show on the ABC network featuring Hannah Brown, Miss...
Parents request sperm retrieval from brain-damaged West Point cadet
They plead for family line not to be extinguished A court has allowed doctors to retrieve sperm from the body of a brain-damaged West Point...
Latest revelations about sperm donation secrets
From The Netherlands, Israel and the US It may be hard to wind up our readers’ interest in abuses of sperm donation after the news...
British grandparents use dead son’s sperm to create child
Allegations of criminal behaviour by urologist Another fascinating chapter in the unfolding history of the Reproductive Revolution, this time about posthumous sperm extraction. A few...
Dutch fertility doctor accused of using his own sperm
But he died in April so potential children are suing to access DNA materialDr Jan Karbaat was a leading fertility doctor in The Netherlands in...
‘Genetic sexual attraction’ could become issue for kids of sperm donors
The British press is a fathomless mine of lurid but thought-provoking, strange-but-true explorations of the dark side of the human condition. Last week's revelation was published in...
What are the issues in post-mortem sperm retrieval?
Is it ethical to remove sperm from a dead body without consent? In 2010 21-year-old Niklas Evans was assaulted outside a bar in Texas. He...
IVF consultation launched in Australia
Australia is to conduct a review of the ethics and clinical practice of assisted reproductive technology. Australia is to conduct a review of the ethics...
Legal complications of posthumous reproduction
Thanks to frozen sperm and frozen embryos, it is possible for a man to have offspring after death, even many years after his death. This...
UK law blurs in posthumous sperm retrieval case
In the UK earlier this month a widow in her early 40s, referred to as Ms H, obtained a court order to get surgeons to...