babies, babies everywhere.....

ok, so there were two newsflashes today that caught my attention......for starts, China has vowed to cut down the the fetal testing for and aborting of female babies.....they must have figured out that if every single-child family opts for a boy there will soon be no more girls for these young lads to marry.....and across the globe...this from israel.....JERUSALEM (AP) -- In a precedent-setting decision, an Israeli court has ruled that a dead soldier's family can have his sperm impregnated into the body of a woman he never met. Keivan Cohen, 20, was shot dead in 2002 by a Palestinian sniper in the Gaza Strip. He was single and left no will. But at the urging of his parents, a sample of his sperm was taken two hours after his death and has been stored in a hospital since. When the family tried to gain access to the sperm, however, the hospital refused, on the ground that only a spouse could make such a request. Arguing that their son yearned to raise a family, his parents challenged that decision in court. On January 15, after a four-year legal battle, a Tel Aviv court granted the family's wish and ruled the sperm could be injected into a woman selected by Cohen's family. The ruling also ordered the Ministry of Interior to register any children born as a result of the insemination as children of the deceased.

mm notes: i find the creation of one's own grandchildren an interesting option.......i am certain that mm cohen has thought this through and is doing the right thing.......and i will file this away in my brain under.....last resorts......