Donate sperm? You may owe child support!
December 2, 2007 6:03 PM   Subscribe

Sperm donor ordered to pay child support. I read an interesting, and shocking, story today. Apparently a man who donated sperm is now liable for back child support for his now adult "son." Is this the end of childbirth for women who seek alternate methods of insemination? Should egg donors be liable for child support too? I'm not sure what was going through the judge's mind but this seems to be a stunning example of the world gone awry.
posted by Sukiari (1 comment total)

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Can anybody actually rationalize this? I can see perhaps why the judge did it - he might have made his decision from a pragmatic stance, not wanting a whole class of inseminated mothers on the dole. Any way you slice it this is crazy!
posted by Sukiari at 6:05 PM on December 2, 2007


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