(Un) Natural Grief: Novelty, Tradition and Naturalization in Israeli Discourse on Posthumous Reproduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ori Katz ◽  
Yael Hashiloni‐Dolev
Keyword(s):  
Posthumous Reproduction

Posthumous Reproduction: A Consideration of the Medical, Ethical, Cultural, Psychosocial and Legal Perspectives in the New Zealand Context

2002 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Douglass ◽  
Ken Daniels
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Multidisciplinary Approach ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Assisted Human Reproduction ◽  
Posthumous Reproduction

This paper describes the development of New Zealand policy on posthumous reproduction in assisted human reproduction. It outlines five perspectives: medical, ethical, cultural, psychosocial and legal and shows the multidisciplinary approach taken by the National Ethics Committee. It is argued that each of these perspectives has important contributions to make to the multidisciplinary approach. The guidelines determined by the Committee are outlined, along with the processes used in arriving at these.

Posthumous reproduction: do parents of a deceased son have the right to use his sperm?

2013 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. S218
Author(s):  
A. Hershlag ◽  
A. Trinkoff ◽  
M. Barone
Keyword(s):  
The Right ◽  
Posthumous Reproduction

scholarly journals Beyond lifetime reproductive success: the posthumous reproductive dynamics of male Trinidadian guppies

2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1763) ◽  
pp. 20131116 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés López-Sepulcre ◽  
Swanne P. Gordon ◽  
Ian G. Paterson ◽  
Paul Bentzen ◽  
David N. Reznick
Keyword(s):  
Generation Time ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Sperm Storage ◽  
Lifetime Reproductive Success ◽  
Demographic Analysis ◽  
Genotype Diversity ◽  
Fluctuating Environments ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Posthumous Reproduction

In semelparous populations, dormant germ banks (e.g. seeds) have been proposed as important in maintaining genotypes that are adaptive at different times in fluctuating environments. Such hidden storage of genetic diversity need not be exclusive to dormant banks. Genotype diversity may be preserved in many iteroparous animals through sperm-storage mechanisms in females. This allows males to reproduce posthumously and increase the effective sizes of seemingly female-biased populations. Although long-term sperm storage has been demonstrated in many organisms, the understanding of its importance in the wild is very poor. We here show the prevalence of male posthumous reproduction in wild Trinidadian guppies, through the combination of mark–recapture and pedigree analyses of a multigenerational individual-based dataset. A significant proportion of the reproductive population consisted of dead males, who could conceive up to 10 months after death (the maximum allowed by the length of the dataset), which is more than twice the estimated generation time. Demographic analysis shows that the fecundity of dead males can play an important role in population growth and selection.

scholarly journals POSTHUMOUSLY CONCEIVED CHILDREN: DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE AND INHERITANCE RIGHTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Марина Шелютто ◽  
Marina SHyelyutto
Keyword(s):  
Canadian Province ◽  
Foreign Law ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Cryopreserved Sperm ◽  
The Right ◽  
Dead Man ◽  
Posthumous Reproduction ◽  
Key Questions

The possibility to store sperm and to produce embryos in vitro has made it possible for a child to be conceived after the death of one or even both of the child’s parents and the number of posthumous conceptions has increased in recent decades around the world. Posthumous reproduction raises a complex of legal issues: has someone the right to harvest sperm from a dead man body and to use cryopreserved sperm, embryos or eggs to conceive a child after the death of his (her) genetic parent, can posthumously conceived child have legal tie with such a parent and inherit from his (her) parent? These issues have direct relevance to human rights in the sphere of reproduction and the rights of posthumously conceived child simultaneously. According to foreign law the key questions in determination of parentage are the consent of the deceased person to use postmortem reproduction and his or her consent to be a parent of posthumously conceived child. Traditionally to inherit, a person must be alive at the death of the testator or to be conceived before the death, but this rule has been already changed in 21 states of the USA and the Canadian province of British Columbia, where posthumously conceived children can inherit. However, besides the determination of parentage, there are several other additional conditions of their inheritance rights.

scholarly journals From the Grave to the Cradle: Looking for Answers to the Question of Consent to Reproduce Posthumously in New Zealand

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 433
Author(s):  
Martha Ceballos
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Assisted Reproductive Technology ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Reproductive Technology ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Human Reproduction ◽  
Consultation Process ◽  
High Court ◽  
Posthumous Reproduction

In New Zealand, posthumous reproduction is regulated by the Human Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2004 (HART Act), which established two bodies, the Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) and the Ethics Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ECART). In 2000, the predecessor of ECART, the National Ethics Committee on Assisted Human Reproduction (NECAHR), issued "Guidelines for the Storage, Use, and Disposal of Sperm from a Deceased Man" designed to provide a legal framework for this technology. However, a recent application to the High Court by the partner of a man who unexpectedly died, requesting permission to have sperm retrieved from the deceased and the subsequent judgment handed down by the High Court in 2017,  have highlighted the shortcomings of the current posthumous reproduction regulations. This has led to a recent consultation process by ACART to review and revise the guidelines. Relying on Re Lee, the landmark judgment of the High Court that found in favour of granting the permission sought and which sheds light on the legal aspects of posthumous reproduction in New Zealand, the current article discusses the approach endorsed by the HART Act regarding consent for posthumous retrieval and use of gametes.

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