An increasing number of court orders from grieving women seek the retrieval of sperm from their deceased husbands, fiancés or boyfriends for the purposes of procreation. The legality of the retrieval of gametes from a dead body is unclear in the United Kingdom, and other jurisdictions have similarly confusing jurisprudence on the matter. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 requires the informed consent of both gamete providers before fertility treatment can commence, rendering the act of electro-ejaculation upon a dead body a pointless (and potentially sexual) violation. This article takes a unique look at the legality of posthumous gamete retrieval and its contradiction to our shared respect for the dead. It suggests that when carried out upon a dead body without a lawful excuse, electro-ejaculation may offend public morality and could constitute a criminal offence of ‘sexual penetration of a corpse’ under section 70 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

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以生育为目的干预尸体是否构成刑事犯罪？

越来越多的悲痛妇女下达法庭命令，要求从已故丈夫、未婚夫或男友身上提取精子以进行生育。从尸体中取出配子的合法性在英国尚不清​​楚，其他司法管辖区在此问题上的判例也同样令人困惑。1990 年的《人类受精和胚胎学法案》要求在开始生育治疗之前获得两个配子提供者的知情同意，这使得对尸体进行电射精的行为是毫无意义的（并且可能是性侵犯）。本文以独特的视角审视了追授配子的合法性及其与我们共同尊重死者的矛盾。它表明，如果在没有合法理由的情况下对尸体进行，