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Seminarian expelled for being gay became a sperm donor for lesbians constrained by anti-gay donation rules
Markus K. didn’t set out in life to father 24 children. He set out to be a priest — but that dream came to an end in 1994, when someone reported to his seminary that he was gay, and they threw him out. He told Munich’s Abenzeitung, “My life hit…
Calif. sperm donor rules loosened for single women and same-sex couples
A new California law makes it easier for single woman and those in same-sex relationships to conceive via artificial insemination, reported the AP. The new law loosens regulations around sperm donation, which currently require women seeking artificial insemination who do not have a “sexually intimate [male] partner” to use sperm…
Danish sperm donor passes genetic disorder to five children
COPENHAGEN — A Danish sperm donor has passed a potentially severe genetic disorder to five children after a screening test failed to catch that he had the disease, health officials said Monday. The donor transmitted the tumor-producing nerve disorder Neurofibromatosis type I, sometimes known as Von Recklinghausen’s disease, to five…
Consent, Hollywood, and sperm donation
Marc and I went to see “The Other Guys” Friday night (it was fun, but not like earth-shattering or anything), and of course there were trailers. Many were fine, but this one made our jaws drop to the floor: And Marc called it—the trailer, at least, is the ultimate in…
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