genetic continuity

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    The (Ante-Mortem) Interest in Genetic Continuity

    By Shelly Simana Omri Shahar was killed in a car accident when he was 25 years old. At his death, Omri’s parents petitioned the Israeli family court for posthumous sperm retrieval. The request was approved yet, one year later, they submitted an additional request—to use the sperm to fertilize a donated egg, implant the embryo in a…

    A family of four, two parents and two children, walk down the beach together at sunset.