RT Article
T1 From Death to Life: Ethical Issues in Postmortem Sperm Retrieval as a Source of New Life
JF Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
VO 29
IS 3
SP 369
OP 374
A1 Cummings, Brian M.
A1 Paris, John J.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1827979356
AB This paper examines and critiques the ethical issues in postmortem sperm retrieval and the use of postmortem sperm to create new life. The article was occasioned by the recent request of the parents of a West Point cadet who died in a skiing accident at the Academy to retrieve and use his sperm to honor his memory and perpetuate the family name. The request occasioned national media attention. A trial court judge in New York in a two-page order authorized both the retrieval and use of the postmortem sperm.
K1 court decision postmortem sperm retrieval
K1 parental rights over progeny’s reproduction
K1 impregnation using postmortem sperm retrieval
K1 postmortem sperm retrieval
DO 10.1017/S0963180120000092