The genetic alphabet is expanding! Will biolaw catch up? Read my oped on Hachimoji DNA, coauthored with Bongi Shozi and Michaela Steytler.
Author: Donrich Thaldar
Posthumous conception
I was legal counsel for the applicant in South Africa’s first case of posthumous conception. If you are interested in reading my heads of argument in this case, click on this link: Posthumous conception – Heads of argument. And here is the court order: Posthumous conception – Court order. I also wrote an article on the case that was published in the South African Medical Journal and can be accessed here.
Who is my sperm or egg donor?
The South African Law Reform Commission is currently investigating the donor-conceived child’s interest in knowing his or her donor’s identity. Here is an op-ed that I wrote in the Mail & Guardian on this subject.
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