Woman in legal battle to give birth to her "DEAD" daughter's baby

 

A British woman wants to give birth to her own grandchild in a groundbreaking medical first due to be battled out in the courts.
The 59-year-old claims her dead daughter’s dying wish was that her eggs be fertilised with donor sperm and implanted into her own mother’s womb.
It would be the woman’s only chance to become a grandmother after her only daughter died from bowel cancer in her 20s.
But four years after her death her wish is yet to be realised after all UK fertility clinics she approached refused to carry out the proceedure.
And a request to export the eggs to a New York clinic for fertilisation has been stopped by the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority on the grounds the daughter did not give her clear consent.

 

Legal: The couple are now preparing to challenge the High Court ruling

The woman and her 58-year-old husband are now preparing to challenge the ruling the High Court despite criticism from politicians and campaigners.
David Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth said: “I can’t understand why anyone would want to do that. I would have grave concerns about any permission being granted from the HFEA or the courts. It’s potentially rather disturbing.”
The woman could be the first in the world to give birth to a baby using eggs from her dead daughter
Dr Mohammed Taranissi, who runs the ARGC fertility clinic in London, told the Daily Mail: "I have never heard of a surrogacy case involving a mother and her dead daughter’s eggs. It’s fair to say that this may be a world first."