Overview
- The Court of Appeal of Florence dismissed the woman’s appeal, confirming the 2021 first‑instance ruling that forbids post‑mortem medically assisted procreation.
- The court barred delivery of the cryopreserved sample, citing a high risk it would be taken abroad to bypass Italian restrictions.
- The frozen semen is slated for destruction unless the woman secures a reversal from the Court of Cassation.
- Judges held that gametes stored for procreation cannot be repurposed for research or as a personal relic without explicit, prior consent from the donor.
- The man preserved his semen before cancer treatment and authorized his partner in a handwritten will, but Italian law permits assisted reproduction only when both partners are alive.