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In reply to the discussion: Parents of dead West Point cadet can use his sperm to produce a child, judge rules [View all]LisaL
(44,973 posts)33. They could use eggs from a donor, their dead son's sperm, and implant embryos into
another person. In which case that person is going to be a surrogate and not related to the child in any way.
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brooklynite
May 2019
OP
"Probably"? Sex selection is easy in the right hands. Some genetic diseases are sex-linked...
Hekate
May 2019
#65
There are couples in the US who recruit college girls to sell them their eggs...
Hekate
May 2019
#66
I see a custody battle at some future point between the surrogate mother and grandparents.
in2herbs
May 2019
#14
They could use eggs from a donor, their dead son's sperm, and implant embryos into
LisaL
May 2019
#33
Organ donation is not medically necessary for the patient, yet people would have no issue
LisaL
May 2019
#42
This is creepy and seems disrespectful of the person who was in a coma & then died.
Honeycombe8
May 2019
#27
If you understand the cultural importance of family in China, this is not surprising.
Coventina
May 2019
#29
Confucius's family has also been keeping track of their ancestry for 2500 years
ansible
May 2019
#62
But that could lead to an interesting discussion about why one is illegal and the other is not
Sapient Donkey
May 2019
#95
'They don't want his story to end': Efforts to save the sperm of the deceased come with heartache an
Mosby
May 2019
#41
The last paragraph makes it poignantly clear why his parents want this: China's "one child" policy
Hekate
May 2019
#63
What a bizarre number of people here have zero idea about reproductive technology...
Hekate
May 2019
#64
I think the point the poster was making that a lot of posters here don't seem to have a clue about
LisaL
May 2019
#72
In addition, there have already been court battles over frozen sperm and zygotes...
Hekate
May 2019
#78
People who have zygotes frozen have a hard time letting go of them when they finally have kids...
Hekate
May 2019
#83
So when relatives consent to organ donation for their diseased loved one, that's immoral?
LisaL
May 2019
#93