Collecting Dead Son's Sperm

Can I just say huh???

"Judge OKs collecting of dead son's sperm: Mother of man who died after Sixth Street attack wants to try to have grandchildren"

"I want him to live on," Evans said. "I want to keep a piece of him." She said that her son had frequently talked about his desire to have three sons and had chosen their names: Hunter, Tod and Van.

I'm not sure what is weirder, the fact that the mother wants to harvest her son's sperm to create grandchildren for herself or the fact that she found a doctor to actually do it. And then she has to find a surrogate mother in which to implant the sperm.

I could almost see this as a reasonable request for a wife who just lost her husband, although I'm still on the fence about this.

But a mother who lost her son??? She tries to make a case that her son would have wanted children, but then on NBC's Today Show, she said she wanted to have a piece of him so she could keep him alive through his sons. It just seems like a mother who is unable to accept that her son has died.

Don't get me wrong, I feel sad for her pain, having lost a son in such a violent manner. But to harvest his sperm to create a grandchild for herself seems a bit selfish. And what kind of precendent does this lead to?