[alexander_busek]

It takes 9 months to have a child after conception, I don’t see how having a child several years later is much different than having one 9 months later.

A child conceived nine months prior to its* father's death was nevertheless alive (in utero) at the time of its father's death.

A child conceived in vitro after the father's death - i.e. a child whose father was already dead at the point in time of conception - cannot, in any sense of the word, be regarded as a survivor.

Otherwise, I could claim to be a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic.

Besides that simple logical objection, there's also the fact that the mother knowingly and willfully conceived a child whose father would not be there to nurture, support, and raise it.

Regards,

*By the way: For the record, I am using the neutral personal possessive pronoun (its) not because I doubt the personhood of the conceived child - I don't - but rather because, generally, its gender is unknown before birth.

[TexasFreeper2009]

I thought life begins at conception?

Is your problem with this the fact that it was only the sperm that was saved? what if a fertilized embryo had been frozen and implanted 2 years later?

[alexander_busek]

A child conceived born nine months prior to after its* father's death was nevertheless alive (in utero) at the time of its father's death.

Sorry...

Regards,