Modern birth: Having a dead man鈥檚 baby
Before Baruch Pozniansky died he said that he wanted to have a child and gave sperm samples. So his mother began a seven-year campaign to find a woman to have his baby.
Before Baruch Pozniansky died at 25 years old from cancer, he said that he wanted to have a child. So he created something called a 'biological will' and gave a sperm sample. But Baruch didn't have a wife or girlfriend. After he passed away, his mother Julia began a seven-year campaign to find a woman to have his baby. She found Liat Malka who was 35 years old and single. But there are many emotional and ethical issues involved in posthumous reproduction.
Presenter: Emily Webb
Producer: Saskia Edwards
Picture: Liat Malka and her baby daughter
Credit: Courtesy of Liat Malka
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