Flesh and Blood

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, Liam and Joel. After a Particularly Precarious Pregnancy and After Spending the First Days of His Life in the Intensive Care Ward of the Baby Unit, Liam Was Finally Allowed Home. by Then, It Was Almost Four Years After His Father's Death. Baby Joel Was Born Three and a Half Years Later. 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 (D