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Judge rules parents of deceased West Point cadet can decide what happens with his sperm

The parents of a West Point cadet who died after a skiing accident can take control of his sperm, a judge ruled, in a case that revived discussion around post-mortem…
Peter Zhu was 21 when he was taken off life support.

The parents of a West Point cadet who died after a skiing accident earlier this year can take control of his sperm and, if they wish, use it to pursue a pregnancy using an egg donor and surrogate, a New York judge has ruled.

The judge, state Supreme Court Justice John Colangelo, in March the sperm from 21-year-old Peter Zhu before he was

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