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> It doesn't sound like the individual was deceitful, given they are able to track his donations. > If anything, This is an argument that sperm recipients shou
by anonymouskimmer 4y ago
> It doesn't sound like the individual was deceitful, given they are able to track his donations.
> If anything, This is an argument that sperm recipients should demand some level of transparency about the donors.
It's right there in the article: "The donor "deliberately misinformed" prospective parents about the number of children he had already fathered in the past" and "He was taken to court by a foundation protecting donor children's rights, and by the mother of one of the children allegedly fathered from his sperm."
Not all of these children were conceived in the Netherlands. The principle argument appears to not be about half-siblings marrying each other, but about the psychosocial dynamics of a particular person having a half-sibling network of 500+ people, and trying to deal with this fact during the course of their life.
- s1artibartfast 4y agoI obviously miss that line in the article despite reading through it. I was thinking more about the legal thresholds for sperm donation. I completely agree that individuals should fully disclose relevant information.