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UK woman is currently engaged in a legal fight to “harvest” sperm from
her wealthy, incapacitated live-in boyfriend according to the Telegraph.
The woman, identified only as “AB” wants to extract sperm from her
boyfriend “P” in order to use it for procreation purposes. P suffered
from a string of serious heart attacks in December of 2013 and is now in
a vegetative state. A DNR (do not resuscitate) order was in place until
recently when it was lifted after his condition improved slightly.
He is still in a vegetative state, needing a tracheotomy for air and a nasogastric tube for feeding.
Upon asking hospital staff to perform the harvesting procedure she was refered t o the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the UK regulator that monitors the use and storage of human eggs, sperm or embryos. The HFEA denied her request citing, among other things, that the hospital was not accredited to perform the procedure.
AB obtained a court order in an emergency telephone application made to a judge on Christmas Eve, allowing a hospital to carry out a harvesting operation pending the outcome of her judicial review application against the HFEA. AB’s lawyers had argued the order was urgently needed because P was subject to the DNR order and might die before a hearing scheduled next month to hear her case.
This week reviewing judge, Mrs Justice Carr, ruled the order was legally flawed and should never have been made.
AB asserts P proposed to her and he gave her a ring that she accepted. She also contends that P would have wanted her to harvest his sperm so she could have his child. It is not clear whether documentation of any promises made by P or evidence of a ring have been presented by AB.
AB, who her lawyers say is of “limited means,” filed for a protective costs order that would limit the amount she would have to pay in the case that she lose her bid to harvest P’s sperm.
While rejecting the application for a protective costs order Judge Carr noted: “At least at some time P has been a wealthy man, having made a great deal of money from investment banking before retiring.”
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The woman, identified only as “AB” wants to extract sperm from her
boyfriend “P” in order to use it for procreation purposes. P suffered
from a string of serious heart attacks in December of 2013 and is now in
a vegetative state. A DNR (do not resuscitate) order was in place until
recently when it was lifted after his condition improved slightly.He is still in a vegetative state, needing a tracheotomy for air and a nasogastric tube for feeding.
Upon asking hospital staff to perform the harvesting procedure she was refered t o the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the UK regulator that monitors the use and storage of human eggs, sperm or embryos. The HFEA denied her request citing, among other things, that the hospital was not accredited to perform the procedure.
AB obtained a court order in an emergency telephone application made to a judge on Christmas Eve, allowing a hospital to carry out a harvesting operation pending the outcome of her judicial review application against the HFEA. AB’s lawyers had argued the order was urgently needed because P was subject to the DNR order and might die before a hearing scheduled next month to hear her case.
This week reviewing judge, Mrs Justice Carr, ruled the order was legally flawed and should never have been made.
AB asserts P proposed to her and he gave her a ring that she accepted. She also contends that P would have wanted her to harvest his sperm so she could have his child. It is not clear whether documentation of any promises made by P or evidence of a ring have been presented by AB.
AB, who her lawyers say is of “limited means,” filed for a protective costs order that would limit the amount she would have to pay in the case that she lose her bid to harvest P’s sperm.
While rejecting the application for a protective costs order Judge Carr noted: “At least at some time P has been a wealthy man, having made a great deal of money from investment banking before retiring.”
Source
X art by WB7
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