Who owns your sperm after you die?

Can sperm be considered personal property? What happens when someone dies and the rights to his frozen sperm is contested? Harvard Law Prof. Glenn Cohen explains how this surprising questions is actually battled out in the courts and the legal issues at play. Prof. Cohen shares real life examples and explores the law around protecting and perfecting rights to this most personal of assets.

 

 Glenn Cohen is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. He is one of the world's leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and the law, as well as health law.