Dutch court orders semen donor to stop after 550 children

THE HAGUE - Dutch judges on Friday ordered a man suspected of fathering more than 550 children through sperm donations to stop donating, in theThe man, identified in Dutch media only as “Jonathan M.”, 41, was dragged to court by a foundation protecting the rights of donor children and the mother of one of the children allegedly fathered from his sperm.

Jonathan M. may also not contact any prospective parents “with the wish that he was willing to donate semen... advertise his services to prospective parents or join any organisation that establishes contact between prospective parents”, the judge said in a written judgment. “I’m asking the donor to respect our interests and to accept the verdict, because our children deserve to be left alone,” she said in a statement.

“All these parents are now confronted with the fact that the children in their family are part of a huge kinship network, with hundreds of half-siblings, which they did not choose,” it said.

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