Woman gets access to 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 on 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 Mr Quintana and Miss Marrero were not yet married.

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

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

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