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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Royce Kurmelovs

Western Australian woman, 62, permitted to have sperm removed from her dead husband

The supreme court of Western Australia.
The supreme court of Western Australia has granted permission for a woman to have sperm removed from her dead husband. Photograph: Richard Wainwright/AAP

A 62-year-old woman has been given permission by the Western Australian supreme court to remove sperm from her dead husband for possible use in posthumous fertilisation.

The woman made an urgent court application after the death of her 61-year-old husband late last year.

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