Let me keep my dead husbands sperm

[Big D 88]

Came across this on the BBC today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25188341

A very tricky situation indeed, but surely if the Husband gave his right for the sperm to be used..it shouldn't really have a time constraint on it?

On the other hand, would you want to bring a baby into the world without ever having a biological father?

 

[brendy]

Its not for me to judge what anyone else does in their lives but I can answer your last question saying that many soldiers wives have had to in the past. While sad, it shouldnt make the person any lesser if they still have a family that loves them.

Came across this on the BBC today

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-25188341

A very tricky situation indeed, but surely if the Husband gave his right for the sperm to be used..it shouldn't really have a time constraint on it?

On the other hand, would you want to bring a baby into the world without ever having a biological father?

 

[Blue in Munich]

Its not for me to judge what anyone else does in their lives but I can answer your last question saying that many soldiers wives have had to in the past. While sad, it shouldnt make the person any lesser if they still have a family that loves them.

Depends very much on the circumstances for me. In those that I presume would apply to soldier's wives I have no issue whatsoever, and we keep it as long as is necessary; a small price to pay compared to the price that they have paid for us.

There's something about this one that makes me uncomfortable. The lady appears to want it kept indefinitely, but would also appear to have dropped her dead husband's surname and gone back to using her maiden name. Surely if you can't keep his name then you shouldn't be keeping the sperm?

 

[FairwayDodger]

There's something about this one that makes me uncomfortable. The lady appears to want it kept indefinitely, but would also appear to have dropped her dead husband's surname and gone back to using her maiden name. Surely if you can't keep his name then you shouldn't be keeping the sperm?

I suggest you read the article more closely.

 

[Blue in Munich]

I suggest you read the article more closely.

Fair comment, I'd missed that she'd changed it from the surname to his given name. Still seems strange that she'd change her married name to me and if the circumstances weren't right in the 8 years they were together, I'm not sure how they might be right in the future in this instance.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Fair comment, I'd missed that she'd changed it from the surname to his given name. Still seems strange that she'd change her married name to me and if the circumstances weren't right in the 8 years they were together, I'm not sure how they might be right in the future in this instance.

They only married when he was in the hospice. Seems likely to me that she never took his surname, probably more important things to do at that time.

Don't think it fair to cast aspersions against people dealing with tragic circumstances.