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Yesterday, a judge gave permission to a grieving Bronx woman to have sperm extracted from her dead fiance. Johnny Quintana suddenly died on Thursday night, but days earlier, he told his family how he looked forward to having more children with his fiancee Gisela Marrero.

A couple's desire to use their deceased son's sperm to produce a grandchild was shot down by a NY state appeals court. The New York Law Journal reports, "When Mark Speranza deposited sperm samples at Repro Lab in 1997, he gave no reason for his donation, but signed an agreement directing the tissue bank to destroy the semen in the event of his death. Six months later, he died of cancer." His parents "learned about the sperm deposit while sorting through their son's personal belongings" and paid $400/year for the storage of the sperm and lined up a surrogate mother. But when Repro refused to turn over the sperm, the parents sued. The judges ruled that giving the sperm to Speranza's parents would violate a law requiring sperm donors to be screened, "even though we recognize the joy that ignoring the regulations could bring to plaintiffs." The Speranza's lawyer is considering their options, pointing out, "There has been no case like this ever." Related: In vitro babies created after their father's death were ruled heirs to their grandfather's estate.

A woman is upset her daughter can't visit her mobster dad in prison. Regina Granato and Colombo family associate husband Kevin Granato managed to smuggle his sperm--taken in the middle of his 25-year prison sentence--out for her to conceive now 9-year-old Gianna. (Prison officials found out about the scheme when the baby came to visit and Granato said it was his daughter.) Regina Granato tells the Staten Island Advance that her husband was suddenly moved from a Pennsylvania federal prison to one in Oregon, making it impossible to visit him because doctors advise Gianna, who has a heart condition, not take long trips. Regina Granato, who served 9 months probation and a hundred hours of community service, says little Gianna is devastated she can't see her dad, "They hate us for what we did. They hate us just because she was born."

If you're going to donate sperm to someone as a favor, talk it over with your lawyer first! Newsday reports a Nassau County doctor who donated sperm to a co-worker over 18 years ago is "legaly considered the father and may have to pay child support for the college-bound teenager." The doctor says he donated the sperm to his co-worker and her partner; he had agreed to give up rights and benefits to the child,...