{"product_id":"9781780578378","title":"Flesh and Blood: The Harrowing and Moving Story of a Mother's Fight to Bear Her Late Husband's Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiane 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The legal battles were not over, however, as the law still prevented Diane from naming the boys' father on their birth certificates. After many hurdles and stumbling blocks, she triumphed again and made constitutional history when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act finally came into force on 1 December 2003 and she was allowed to re-register her children's births.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFlesh and Blood \u003c\/i\u003easks many important questions and helps provide some of the answers. It shows how controversial policies are made that affect all our lives. Beyond that, it is a simple story of life, death and procreation: an incredibly vivid account written by the woman who lived through the despair and jubilation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mainstream Publishing Company, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183442247920,"sku":"9781780578378","price":11.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780578378_p0.jpg?v=1763713504","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780578378","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}