Using sperm posthumously: National guidelines versus practice

Arieh Raziel; Shevach Friedler; Deborah Strassburger; Sarit Kaufman; Ana Umansky; Raphael Ron-El

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.035

Using sperm posthumously: National guidelines versus practice

Arieh Raziel, Shevach Friedler, Deborah Strassburger, Sarit Kaufman, Ana Umansky, Raphael Ron-El

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Abstract

Under pressure from involved families and time limitations, Israeli judges tend to authorize postmortem sperm retrieval and freezing, even in unmarried men and in contradiction to current, albeit non-legally binding, guidelines of the Attorney General. Postmortem sperm retrieval in our institution (2003 to June 2009) was successful in 17 cases, motile sperm was found in 16/17, and cryopreservation was performed in 15/16: no application for use of any of the postmortem frozen samples has been performed thus far.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1154-1156
Number of pages	3
Journal	Fertility and Sterility
Volume	94
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.10.035
State	Published - 1 Aug 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Posthumous reproduction
postmortem sperm procurement
postmortem sperm retrieval
sperm cryopreservation

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Reproductive Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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