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Wednesday July 5, 2006
Sperm Donor Fathers Children of Lesbian Couples Against His Request
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By Gudrun Schultz
LONDON, England, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A sperm donor who
specified that his contributions only be used to father children of
heterosexual couples has unknowingly fathered children for three
lesbian partnerships.
The Daily Mail reported Sunday on the abuse of sperm donors by
fertility clinics who fail to honour the terms of donor contracts—the
London Women’s Clinic violated the donor’s contract five times,
neglecting to honour the man’s condition that same sex couples would
not use his sperm. The clinic's breach of contract was found out by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
Four lesbian women attempted to conceive using his sperm—three were
successful. Additionally, even after the clinic discovered the mistake,
it gave one
couple permission to use the sperm again in order to conceive a sibling
for their first baby.
The clinic has not yet contacted the sperm donor to acknowledge the breach of contract.
The Daily Mail also reported on Christine Whipp, 51, who discovered just ten years ago that she was
conceived using donor sperm. She says she was devastated by the discovery and now speaks out about the experience.
“There is a real gung-ho attitude in clinics towards the rights and
interests of the child and I am not surprised they have ignored the
wishes of the donor,” Whipp said. “Donors are very naïve if they think
ticking a box will protect what happens to their sperm.”
“How will these children feel if they find out their father did not
want them to be created into the situation in which they now live?”
Two years ago an Anglo-Saxon British woman gave birth to twins of
African descent after she and her husband underwent in vitro
fertilization procedures at a Leeds hospital. A legal battle
followed, with the courts eventually ruling that the legal parent was
the African biological father.
An investigation into IVF practices revealed that at least 11 other
couples who underwent IVF treatment at the Leeds General Infirmary
ended up with children from unintended fathers.
See related LifeSiteNews coverage:
IVF Muddle: Black Twins Born to White Parents
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/jun/04062211.html
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