Wife breaks law to use dead husband's sperm for baby…and health chiefs back her: British widow makes legal history …

Businesswoman, known as Ms H, given permission to use late husband's sperm in IVF treatment abroad Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority effectively supported her and her doctors in breaking the law Case follows Diane Blood who won legal battles to use her late husband'ssperm for IVF It is against UK law to take, store, transport and use in IVF a man's sperm without his written consent

By Barney Calman

PUBLISHED: 16:40 EST, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 17:07 EST, 10 August 2013

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A British widow has made legal history by using her dead husband's sperm to try to conceive a child even though it is still against the law.

The high-flying businesswoman had his sperm extracted without his consent in an 'act of desperation' while he was in a coma and close to death with a heart condition.

It is against UK law to take, store, transport and use in IVF a man's sperm without his written consent. The businesswoman who wishes to be referred to as 'Ms H' has since his death undergone fertility treatment abroad and is now waiting to find out if she is pregnant.

Fertility triumph: Diane Blood with her sons Joel (left) and Liam (right) in 2003. Diane's husband Stephen fell into a coma after developing bacterial meningitis in 1995 and later died and doctors extracted his sperm while he was unconscious

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