ANT 2103 Lecture 1: January 13 - After_kinship-pages-17-46
13 Feb 2017
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Cambridge, uk ; new york : cambridge university press, 2004 xiii, 216 p. Stephen blood, criti- cally ill with bacterial meningitis, lies in a coma on life support machines. His sperm are removed without his prior written consent. Although he and his wife, diane blood, had been trying to conceive a child before his death, the british human fertilisation and. Embryology authority (hfea) refuses to grant permission for diane. Blood to undergo arti cial insemination using her husband"s sperm. Diane blood challenges the decision in the high court. In october 1996 the challenge is dismissed on the same grounds as the original hfea ruling. Diane blood announces her intention to take the ruling to the court of appeal: i think that i have the most right of anybody to my husband"s sperm and i desperately wanted his baby (the guardian 18. 10. 96).
