Woman gets permission to remove dead partner's genitals to use his sperm
An Australian woman won a legal battle on Friday that will allow her to remove the genitals of her dead partner in order to use his sperm to conceive a child.
The woman, who comes from Toowoomba, had submited an application to the court after her partner died unexpectedly in April, ABC reports. She and her partner had met last September and planned to marry later this year. They had "made no secret" that they were attempting to have a child, The Daily Mail reports.
The Daily Mail added that the genitals would be stored in an a facility where women undergo in vitro fertilization, as the court decided to give the woman a chance to decide whether or not she wanted to go through with the pregnancy, which will require a second application. The lawyers for the deceased man did not oppose the application, ABC added.
Read more at ABC and The Daily Mail.
