The parents of a West Point military cadet who died after a skiing accident last month want to save his sperm in order to continue his legacy and the family's lineage. So far, a court says they can.
A cadet at the US Military Academy West Point received fatal injuries in a ski accident last month. Days later, a state Supreme Court judge granted his parents' petition to save their son's sperm in order to continue his legacy and their family lineage.
Another skier found 21-year-old Peter Zhu unresponsive on a ski slope on the academy grounds in upstate New York on February 23, according to a school news release. He was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center, where doctors determined that Zhu's spinal cord was fractured, and he was declared medically brain-dead three days later, court documents say.
The Zhu family's legal team argues in the petition that being Peter's next of kin should be enough for his parents to have the right to continue their son's legacy. In 2007, a court in Johnson County, Iowa, decided the parents of a man who died in a motorcycle accident could retrieve their son's sperm for reproductive purposes, court records show. For the Zhus, another hearing is scheduled for March 21 in New York Supreme Court in Westchester County.
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