The Dutch court has prohibited a man who has fathered over 500 children in Netherlands and other countries from donating sperm to parents and lying about the number of children he helped conceive. ordered on Friday, April 28 the banning for the man, whose case was brought by one of the parents, identified as Eva, along with the foundation representing other parents.sperm donors are only allowed to have a maximum of 25 children with 12 mothers.
They also highlighted that the situation could negatively affect children psychosocially, reiterating that their kinship network should “not [be] extended any further."The court also shared in the statement that while the case was about conflicting fundamental rights,"the interests of the donor children and their parents outweigh the interest of the donor in continuing to donate sperm to new prospective parents.