High Court denies benefits to parent of twins born through IVF
Following up on a BioEdge story from last year, a woman whose child was born through posthumous conception was denied survivor benefits, in a US...
US Supreme Court wrestles with posthumous conception
The US Supreme Court grappled this week for the first time with “posthumous conception”.Karen Capato gave birth to twins in 2003 – 18 months after...
IVF child to have grandma, but no pa and no ma
Marissa Evans, broken-hearted, watched her 21-year-old son die in hospital. When doctors told her it was time to turn off his life support, the 44-year-old...
Should men be allowed to father children from the grave?
Fertility treatment is usually marketed as assistance for an infertile partner. But a dead partner? Fertility from the grave may seem ghoulish, but it is...
Is posthumous conception enough to make you a parent?
No, says Social Security Agency in Utah Should a child born three years after his father’s death be eligible for survivor Social Security benefits? This...
May doctors ethically retrieve eggs from comatose women?
Intriguing case at MGH In 2008 doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital were presented with a novel ethical dilemma. A 36-year-old woman had collapsed on an...
Grieving Texas mother harvests dead son’s sperm
Part of healing process, she says A Texas woman has persuaded a court to allow her to harvest her 21-year-old son's sperm after his death...