Ethics of postmortem sperm retrieval: Ethics of sperm retrieval after death or persistent vegetative state

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Postmortem sperm retrieval was first reported in 1980 by Rothman, in a case involving a 30-year old man who became brain dead following a motor vehicle accident and whose family requested sperm preservation (Rothman, 1980). Ohl et al. reported family requests for sperm retrieval in one case involving a patient in the persistent vegetative state (PVS), one case in which the patient was `in an extended coma with a...

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