Mother in legal battle to have her dead daughter’s eggs

In 2015, Jenni Richard lost the case in the High Court after the UK fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), said the daughter's eggs could not be released from storage in London because she had not given her full written consent before she died, BBC reported. However, Richard is claiming it was her daughter’s wish to have babies and she asked her mother to “carry my babies”, according to the report.

Richard’s lawyers told the court that the deceased would be devastated if she learned that her eggs could not be used, the publication added. Although the daughter may have given consent for her eggs to be stored for use after death, HFEA says she did not give the required consent.

The case is now being heard at the Court of Appeal in London, before a panel of three judges. After hearing submissions in court, Lord Justice Treacy reportedly said there was an arguable case with a real prospect of success.

If Richard wins the case, she will reportedly be the first woman to become pregnant using a dead daughter's eggs.