Parents of dead West Point cadet can use his sperm to produce a child, judge rules

[Hekate]

78. In addition, there have already been court battles over frozen sperm and zygotes...

In one case an infertile woman and her husband were divorcing, and their mutually-produced frozen zygotes were her last chance ever to have a baby of her own. I would not have wanted to be on that jury, as I have sympathy for both sides.

In another case, a wealthy old man died and his much-younger widow wanted an heir. His adult son by a previous marriage strenuously objected.

It's been a good 40 years since the first "test tube baby" and reproductive law and medical ethics are still all over the map.

Nothing stopped that crazy woman in Los Angeles from having 8 zygotes all at once implanted and then carrying them to term even when she already had a bunch of kids she couldn't take care of. I think the parents of the West Point cadet have a much better ethical case for attempting to have one grandchild than Octomom did for trying to have litters.