The Tokyo High Court refused Wednesday to recognize that a girl conceived using sperm taken from a man before he died is his.
“Medical technology for reproductive treatment using sperm of a dead man represents a wide gap from natural reproduction, and we cannot say there is common social recognition accepting such medical treatment,” presiding Judge Kimio Miyazaki said in the ruling, which upheld a Tokyo District Court decision.
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