Lost Sperm

<p>An appeals court in California <strong><a href="http://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/lostsperm.pdf">ruled</a></strong> that a woman lacked standing to pursue a tort claim against a tissue storage facility for the loss of her deceased husband’s sperm, which was extracted while he was in a coma. The donor’s intent controls the use of gametic material, and the woman did not prove that her husband wanted her to conceive a child with his sperm posthumously. </p>

LOS ANGELES — An appeals court in California ruled that a woman lacked standing to pursue a tort claim against a tissue-storage facility for the loss of her deceased husband’s sperm, which was extracted while he was in a coma. The donor’s intent controls the use of gametic material, and the woman did not prove that her husband wanted her to conceive a child with his sperm posthumously.

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