A woman whose daughter died of cancer has begged an Appeal Court to grant her permission to carry her dead daughter's frozen egg so she can give birth to her grand kid.
A heartbroken woman has begged judges to allow her to give birth to her own grandchild by carrying her dead daughter’s eggs that was frozen before she died.
The 60-year-old woman lost her 28-year-old daughter to cancer in June 2011, but has pleaded with judges to grant her permission to carry the daughter's egg and bear a grandchild. A High Court last year rejected to grant her the permission.
However, on Thursday, two Court of Appeal judges were asked to grant her permission to challenge the decision.
After hearing the submissions on behalf of the woman and her husband, 59 (referred to as ‘Mr and Mrs M’), the judges said they would take time to consider the arguments presented to them and give their decision at a later date.
The woman said she felt ‘hopeful’ the court would grant her permission.
Last year, Mr Justice Ouseley, who acknowledged the case was ‘very sad’, dismissed the claim because, according to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the daughter, known as ‘A’, did not give her full written consent for her eggs to be used before she died, Metro reports.
‘I must dismiss this claim, though I do so conscious of the additional distress which this will bring to the claimants,’ he said.