Woman allowed harvest dead lover’s sperm

A NEW York judge has given a woman permission to harvest her dead lover’s sperm so she can still have his baby.

Johnny Quintana was only 31 when he died last Thursday of an apparent heart attack.

He had wanted to have a second child with his fiancee, Gisela Marrero, but the only way to make it happen was to quickly collect his sperm, which stays fresh for only 36 hours after death.

A court order was needed because Quintana and Marrero were not yet married.

The Bronx judge said “yes” with only four hours left until the deadline.

Sperm bank staffers then rushed to Jacobi Medical Centre, where Quintana’s body lay.

Marrero already had a two-year-old son with Quintana.

“The day before he passed away, we talked about planning for our future, buying an apartment and having another child. This was his wish,” she said.

“It’s the last thing I can do for him.”