Family to get dead soldier’s sperm
Jerusalem: In a precedent-setting decision, an Israeli court has ruled that a dead soldier’s family can have his sperm impregnated into the body of a woman he never met.
Keivan Cohen, 20, was shot dead in 2002 by a Palestinian sniper in the Gaza Strip. He was single and left no will. But at the urging of his parents, a sample of his sperm was taken two hours after his death and has been stored in a hospital since.
When the family tried to gain access to the sperm, however, the hospital refused, on the ground that only a spouse could make such a request.
Arguing that their son yearned to raise a family, his parents challenged that decision in court. On January 15, after a 4-year legal battle, a Tel Aviv court granted the family’s wish and ruled the sperm could be injected into a woman selected by Cohen’s family.
The ruling also ordered the Ministry of Interior to register any children born as a result of the insemination as children of the deceased.
Irit Rosenblum, a family rights advocate who represented the Cohen family, said the ruling was significant because it set a precedent for those seeking to continue bloodlines after death.
At the trial, Rosenblum presented testimony, including video recordings, in which Cohen expressed his desire to have children.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
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