One-third of couples have trouble conceiving because of male infertility, and in order to conceive must rely on donor sperm and in vitro fertilization. But advances in the study of artificial sperm may change all of that, allowing a father to have a biological connection to his child.
In 2006 a German medical team successfully created [...]
Tags: artificial sperm, Engel, genetics, in-vitro fertilization, infertility, science, sperm donor
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A married British couple recently found out they were twins separated at birth. When they found out the heart wrenching news, a court immediately annulled their marriage, but it hasn?t been reported yet how long the couple was married or involved. This discovery brings up issues surrounding the rights of adopted children and children conceived [...]
Tags: Adoption, britain, conception, donor, egg donor, laws, sperm donor, Twins
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Just by entering the keywords ?sperm, donor, custody? into a search engine you will see a tremendous amount of links that will take you to article upon article concerning what responsibility a donor has, mainly regarding if they are required to pay child support or not. Many people are harmed emotionally regardless of the outcome, including the children created by the donation. Recently a ruling in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed a decision that required a donor to pay child support plus back support for twins that were born to a previous lover[..]
Tags: child support, court order, egg donor, sperm donor, surrogate mother, Twins
Posted in: News, Parenting
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