Father of hundreds gets sperm donation ban from Dutch court

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THE HAGUE - A Dutch court on Friday (April 28) ordered a man who judges said had fathered between 500 and 600 children around the world to stop donating sperm. The 41-year-old Dutchman, identified by de Telegraaf newspaper as Jonathan Meijer, was forbidden to donate more semen to clinics, the court ruling said. He could be fined 100,000 euros (S$149,000)...

Frozen vials of sperm are seen preserved in an azote cooled container in a laboratory in Paris, France, on Sept 13, 2019.THE HAGUE - A Dutch court on Friday ordered a man who judges said had fathered between 500 and 600 children around the world to stop donating sperm.

The court also ordered Meijer to write to clinics abroad asking them to destroy any of his semen they have in stock, except doses reserved for parents who already had children by him. They argued that Meijer's continued donations violated the right to a private life of his donor children, whose ability to form romantic relationships are hampered by fears of accidental incest and inbreeding.

 

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