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‎11-08-2012 02:23 PM

The Virginia teenager who had been in critical condition since a car accident in October died Thursday, ending his parents’ legal battle to collect his sperm so they could have grandchildren in the future.

The Roanoke Times reported that the parents of Rufus Arthur McGill, 19, will be unable to harvest the sperm because of timing. It would reportedly take days to get to obtain a court order and there’s a 36-hour window to collect the sperm.

'There is very strong agreement in bioethics that one's reproductive rights include the right not to procreate.'

- Laurence McCullough from Baylor College of Medicine

McGill was on life support at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.

The parents, Jerri and Rufus McGill can make the decision to end life support, but they could not legally collect their son's sperm. He's an adult, and they were no longer considered his legal guardians. Rufus McGill II has one full brother, who lives with his father in North Carolina, and two half-siblings.

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