Life and death.

• Position: Stateline - In vitro children and inheritance law - Brief Article

Can children produced by using frozen sperm or embryos after a parent has died claim an inheritance, life insurance or Social Security? That's a question some lawmakers are looking at as more sophisticated reproductive technology opens up a whole new world. A large amount of genetic material, donated by men suffering from cancer or heading off to war, is now being deposited in cryogenic storage banks for future use. Healthy sperm can even be extracted after a man's death, frozen for years then used to conceive a child. Right...