Post Mortem Sperm Retrieval Research Paper
Medical advances in sperm preservation has advanced over the years with sperm still being viable after several years. It is not just the anonymous donor making a deposit at a sperm bank for money, but males preserving their sperm before serving in the military or before getting cancer treatments. They want to preserve their sperm in the event they become infertile or in some cases die. Often if they are in a serious relationship they leave specific instructions on who takes ownership of the specimen and who specifically can be artificially inseminated. However, retrieval of viable sperm, post mortem sperm retrieval, when the male is in a coma or after his death raises several different issues.
Post mortem sperm retrieval is the collection of sperm when the male is in a coma, just before death or just after the male individual has passed away. The first successful post mortem retrieval was …show more content…
On of the biggest obstacles to have post mortem sperm retrieval performed is for the family to convince the medical team that “he” the dying male would have wanted children. In most cases, there is not written prior approval for such a procedure to be done as the request often follows an onset of a sudden unexpected medical emergency. A medical emergency where the outcome is death and with lack of written consent the proof of burden is left on the family whether it be spouse, parents, and/or girlfriend. The family must convince the physician that children was what he would have wanted at some point in his life regardless of whether he was dead or alive. One of the reasons why this convincing is needed, is because of the lack of laws governing post mortem sperm retrieval. The grieving families fight for their wishes by claiming that sperm retrieval and freezing are a medical procedure and that existence is always preferred over non existence. It is better to have lived than to never have lived at
Post mortem sperm retrieval is the collection of sperm when the male is in a coma, just before death or just after the male individual has passed away. The first successful post mortem retrieval was …show more content…
On of the biggest obstacles to have post mortem sperm retrieval performed is for the family to convince the medical team that “he” the dying male would have wanted children. In most cases, there is not written prior approval for such a procedure to be done as the request often follows an onset of a sudden unexpected medical emergency. A medical emergency where the outcome is death and with lack of written consent the proof of burden is left on the family whether it be spouse, parents, and/or girlfriend. The family must convince the physician that children was what he would have wanted at some point in his life regardless of whether he was dead or alive. One of the reasons why this convincing is needed, is because of the lack of laws governing post mortem sperm retrieval. The grieving families fight for their wishes by claiming that sperm retrieval and freezing are a medical procedure and that existence is always preferred over non existence. It is better to have lived than to never have lived at