Sperm Banks

[QBMatt07]

I was thinking of this, do sperm banks give you rights as a parent...or umm...If you donate sperm are you given parental right? There we go.....


Also, what are the religious views on sperm donation....

I personally think it is a good way to make money, but, there has got to be issues with conscience... I would do it, but only if I needed money pretty badly....

[Orpheus]

I dont think you gain any parental assets, i could be mistaken tho. I think sperm banks are a great thing.

[wysoft]

I'm sure that they probably encourage you to sign away all rights to your sperm. I'm sure that if the "purchaser" of your sperm wishes to know who the donor is, they could find out. I doubt that they would let YOU know who purchased it, though.

Personally, I would never donate my sperm for money, unless I was starving in a desert, and the only source of nourishment in 500 miles was a sperm bank.

[Halcyon]

Originally posted by wysoft
Personally, I would never donate my sperm for money, unless I was starving in a desert, and the only source of nourishment in 500 miles was a sperm bank.

<snicker, snicker> I don't know who'd go to a sperm bank and ask to eat the sperm... :-D
I don't think I'd want to donate sperm. It would be strange to walk around a few years from now and run into your son/daughter without knowing it.

I would, however, give my sperm to someone I knew (God, that sounds insane). Like, if friends of mine wanted to have children but, for some reason, couldn't get pregnant (i.e., they're lesbians, or the man is infertile) and we were very close and they asked me, I think I would.

[QBMatt07]

Originally posted by Halcyon
It would be strange to walk around a few years from now and run into your son/daughter without knowing it.


or even worse having sex with your son or daughter without knowing it

[TheWizard]

That is a serious problem. I don't know much about it but it could be an excellent way to improve mankind through better breeding. Maybe. :)

[Ace Rockolla]

Sperm Banks work through a contract and often the women sign away rights to know who the man is and the man signs away responsibility for the child, something the mother must also agree to. It's all on the up and up as far as I know and I'd imagine the industry takes care of itself rather well, otherwise I think we'd hear about many more problems with it.


Originally posted by TheWitch2
That is a serious problem. I don't know much about it but it could be an excellent way to improve mankind through better breeding. Maybe. :)

Uhh...no. We aren't talking Eugenics here buddy, just guys selling their jizz to women who can't get a man. I hardly call that a step forward for humanity.

[Green Flame]

I think it's a sweet way to make a buck. I believe you get $50 (varies) a pop, and can donate up to 3 times a week...all after screening and that kind of stuff though.

[Kendra]

I personally believe that sperm banks are a great thing. Plenty of infertile couples have used them, as well as lesbian couples. I don't know about the rights, though. All I've heard of is ppl. getting friends that they want to father their child to donate, then getting that sperm, so, hey.

[Jodie]

I think that's it's a good idea but that the children should be able to contact their fathers after the years.

[BleedingKitten]

the guy doesn't get any parental rights. i know when it started they didn't keep records of who donated and what mother got what donation, but i think they have started to do that more recently so kids can look for their real fathers if they want to later. or at least for any half-siblings they may have by way of the same donor's sperm.

[jasonisme]

I do not agree with lesbian couples using sperm banks to have children. I hope this never happens. I have nothing against lesbians who live together in loving relationships. But that is a lifestyle 'choice' they have made. Any child one of them might have would not have a 'choice'.

I mean - how many of you guys woud feel comfortable with two moms when all your mates have a mom and a dad (even if they don't actually live together)? With two moms - is it not highly likely that you would get teased at school and that peeple would say unkind things - all because of a weird predicament forced upon you by two selfish adults who ''just wanted a baby' for their own satisfaction? To me this seems an almost inevitable scenario. Cos I really question if any partnered lesbian who has a child via a male donor would wish the natural father to be actively involved in the child's upbringing. It might happen. I dunno. But I doubt it somehow.

Right now I don't know whether I am gay or straight. But if I turn out gay and shack up with another guy then I know that children will be out of the question. In my view two dads are just as bad as two moms. Any kid or kids would hate me for it forever - and with good reason too.

See - I think we are the way are (or tun out) because of our genes and ALSO due to the 'natures' of our early lives. Okay. You can't do anything about your genes - but those 'early lives' can be handled in such ways as to produce the best adjusted (i.e. not srewed up) kids. Having two moms (or two dads) just does not appear conducive to such an ideal. I think healthy kids need both male and female influences - especially in the early years if they're gonna turn out best. I know - cos my dad lost interest in me when he found out I didn't like football - and I really feel that lack of interest has been disadvantageous to me.

I manage okay - but it would have been better if my dad had taken more interest. Then I might not feel so much (as now) the desire to kinda 'validate' my maleness with other males. And you know what that means.

So please - be careful with the babies. They are not chattels. They are peeple that can be badly affected through dodgy socialisation (two moms/two dads). Don't do it.

[Oxford]

The donor doesn't get any parental rights. Also, they can be anonomous and no ammount of money will allow you to find out who they are. Although, you are usually supplied with information like, eye and hair color, race, criminal record, interests, etc.

I think that they are a good idea for couples who have an infertile man or for lesbians to have children.


They are not chattels. They are peeple that can be badly affected through dodgy socialisation (two moms/two dads). Don't do it. By the way, if you ask children of gay couples you'll actually find out that they are quite normal. Also, I think two loving homosexual parents would be much better than an alcoholic mom and a dad in jail. (No, this isn't my situation. But I bet if asked someone who was in that situation they would rather have two loving parents.)

[Faster]

If a lesbian couple is willing to pay thens of thousands of dollars for invetrofertilization, chances are they want a child. There have been some studies that show that children of same sex couples do better in school as a result of better parenting.

I just noticed this topic is over a year old. I request that it be :locked: !

[kevinsg04]

I agree. Sperm banks are great, lesbians should be able to get pregnant. They are usually more caring than the 75% divorce rate in the hetero world. Plus, one usually is more fatherly and one more motherly. You shouldnt discriminate based on external genitalia.

[ÐÎf€rên†€]

I'd rather get lesbians pregnant by direct means.

[Seth]

I would rather not post in year old threads.

[NewLeaf]

I would do it. Wait it's kinda immo- ... yeah I'd do it.