Flesh and Blood: The Harrowing and Moving Story of a Mother's Fight to Bear Her Late Husband's Children

Diane Blood first hit the headlines in 1996 when she went to court to fight for the right to use her late husband's sperm to try for the child they had planned together before his sudden death from meningitis. Diane's case caused an ethical storm and was debated in the courts, in Parliament and in the media. With huge public support, yet against almost impossible odds, she won on appeal and went on to have two miraculous little boys.

The legal battles were not over, however, as the law sti...