Is it possible to continue to give life after your own death? Can you still have children even after you're long gone? A recent case in the UK dealt with the mother of a deceased female acting as a surrogate for her unborn children through the use of in vitro fertilization and frozen eggs from her daughter. The mother claims that the last dying wish of her daughter was to have her "children" born through her mother as she herself would not be around. The daugheter did not have any partner and hoped to see the eggs fertalized through an anonymous sperm donor. However, this case was rejected by the courts and the mother was not allowed to act as a surrogate due to the courts being unable to establish that this was the daughter's actual wish.
In my opinion, I believe it would be unethical and immoral to allow this procedure to take place. The children would be born to an elderly mother, who would legally be their mother but not biologically. Also, they will grow up only hearing stories of their mother and not knowing who their actual father is. I beleive it would be selfish on the part of the mother to bring the children into to the world simply because that was her daughter's wish.
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