Posted on 04/11/2009 11:25:28 AM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
DALLAS Nikolas Colton Evans had talked about how much he wanted to have a child, but the 21-year-old died after he was punched and hit his head on the ground in a fight. That would have been the end of it, if it weren't for his determined mother, a court order and a urologist. Missy Evans has harvested her dead son's sperm and hopes to find a surrogate and one day raise her son's child. It's a decision that ethicists say raises troubling questions; one called the potential offspring a "replacement child." Evans isn't concerned about what others might think. She says she is only doing what her son would have wanted.
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There but for the Grace of God...
I would be inconsolable if I lost a child. It is a grief where you do what you need to do to get through the night. I cannot fault her. It is not something I would consider, but it is not my business or my grief.
Who is Lenny?
Am I the only one who noticed there is no mention of the dead 21 year old's own father?
Am I the only one who noticed there is no mention of the dead 21 year old's mother's occupation?
Am I the only one who noticed the dead 21 year old's mother said "This is probably going to bankrupt me and I will do whatever I can to make it happen."
The article mentioned an ex-husband (presumably the late young man’s father) and another son (presumably a brother). Although one never knows, in the modern “family.”
No living dad for the manufactured trophy-babe, and we may assume the taxpayer will foot the bill to rear it.
Thanks. I somehow skipped right over that paragraph.
Happens to us all.
It’s a shame none of the family members suggested counseling for her grief, rather than this unfortunate project.
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