Mother cannot use dead son’s sperm to have grandchildren, court rules
By DW
06 December 2019 |
8:23 am
Petithory Lanzmann wanted to transport her dead son's frozen sperm to Israel to arrange surrogacy or assisted reproduction. But the right to have children is non-transferable, says European Court of Human Rights.
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