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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday an appeal by a California inmate who argued prison officials violated his constitutional rights by refusing to allow him to provide his wife with a semen sample so she can be impregnated. Without comment, the justices let stand a federal appeals court ruling that prisoners have no constitutional right to procreate. The case involved William Gerber, an inmate sued for the right to provide his semen so his wife can be artificially inseminated. He cited the couple's desire to have a child together. He was convicted in 1997 for discharging a firearm and making 'terrorist threats,' and was sentenced to 100 years to life imprisonment plus 11 years under California's 'three strikes' law. Because of his sentence, California prison regulations prohibit conjugal visits.....
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