Judge blocks parents’ bid to use dying son’s sperm to father a child
The 22-year-old student, who cannot be named, collapsed suddenly while playing sport and was unconscious in intensive care after suffering a stroke when his parents made the application to the Court of Protection.
So he died from sudden (covid-jab).
The man had spoken about wanting children and his girlfriend had “expressed a desire to carry his child”, Mr Justice Poole heard at an urgent out-of-hours hearing on November 3.
But the judge concluded that allowing it would not have been in the man’s best interests.
How is it in the best interest of a man to have his sperm-jacked?
The man’s parents had sought declarations that would allow a doctor to retrieve their son’s sperm and store it lawfully so that it might be “used in the future for the conception and birth of a child or children”.
Sounds more like the parents are desperate for grandchildren.
The man’s father told the judge: “My son had a girlfriend, and he has for many years spoken to me about wanting children of his own.”
Speaking of wanting and actually getting are two separate issue.
“I make it clear to the court that my wife and I would raise the child, but the girlfriend, who is aware of this application, has expressed a desire to carry his child.”
As a paid surrogate, most likely.
Mr Justice Poole concluded that such declarations would not have been in the man’s best interests.
In his ruling, the judge said: “There is no evidence before the court to persuade me that (he) would have wished for his sperm to be collected and stored in his present circumstances.
Exactly.
“I cannot accept that there should be a default position that sperm should be collected and stored in such circumstances as being generally in a person’s best interests.”
He added: “The process of collecting (his) sperm is physically invasive and there is no evidence that (he) would have consented to it or would have agreed to its purpose.
It is one thing to sign an organ donor card, and another to use your DNA (sperm or eggs) to create a child at the time of your death, without it being explicitely stated in one’s will they want such.
It is nice to see such reproduction rights are being considered.
Can you imagine a time when a dead celebrity/model/athlete/rich person being sued from someone so they can collected their sperm/eggs for “future children creating”?
That is what could have been if the judge set the precedence of allowing such “harvesting of the dead”.
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