A Dutch court has banned a man from donating any more of his sperm after he fathered at least 550 children in the Netherlands and other countries and misled prospective parents. 9News
"I hope that this ruling leads to a ban on mass donation and spreads like an oil slick to other countries. We must stand hand in hand around our children and protect them against this injustice," she said in a statement.
The donor, identified as Jonathan M. under Dutch privacy guidelines, provided sperm to several Dutch fertility clinics and to a clinic in Denmark as well as to many other people he connected with through advertisements and online forums, the court said in its written judgment. The judge who heard the civil case said that the donor "deliberately lied about this in order to persuade the parents to take him as a donor," the court said in a statement.The High Court has determined a sperm donor is a parent because he is involved in the child's life.
IN PICTURES: Adoptive parents share emotional photos of the moment they met their baby for the first timeThe court ruled that "the interests of the donor children and their parents outweigh the interest of the donor in continuing to donate sperm to new prospective parents."
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