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NEWS ABOUT: sperm donors

sperm donors stories: 14 news summaries

 The Perils of Free 
 Sperm Donation 

Some are altruistic, some just want sex—but all could cause problems later

Oct 19, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Free sperm donors abound on the Internet, and they’re trying to help those who can’t have a baby the traditional way—or can’t afford the traditional sperm donation. They range from Trent, a 6’1” blond who says “a spirit of volunteering to the community” motivates... More »

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 Sperm Bank 
 Offers Celeb 
 Lookalikes 

Calif. firm features donors who look like Ben Affleck, Seth Rogen

Oct 13, 09 11:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Having trouble narrowing down your choice of sperm donor? Perhaps it will help you to know—as it did one mom-to-be—that one option is a Freddie Prinze Jr lookalike. “For me, that clinched it right then and there,” she tells MSNBC. “I’ve always found him... More »

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entertainment • sperm • celebrity • sperm bank • sperm donors

JACKSON ROUNDUP

 Jacko Sources: 
 Pal Not Paris' Dad 

Plus, Michael finally buried, and more

Aug 10, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mark Lester’s words were “twisted around,” his friends tell People, and though he did donate sperm to Michael Jackson, “he’s not claiming to be the father of Paris Jackson.” Or at least not this morning. All such stories circulating the tabloids are “... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Michael Jackson • sperm donors • paternity • Joe Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death

Jacko Pal Claims Paris Is His Daughter

Michael 'found the sexual act something
he couldn't do'

Aug 9, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fearing that Katherine Jackson will sever his bond with Michael Jackson’s children, a confidante of the fallen pop star says Paris is likely his biological daughter, News of the World reports. Mark Lester, who starred as a child in the Oscar-winning film Oliver!, says that until 2 weeks... More »

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Michael Jackson • paternity test • sperm donors • paternity • Katherine Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson


 Jacko's 2 
 Eldest Kids 
 Aren't His: 
 Ex-Wife 

Says anonymous donor is the dad

Jun 29, 09 7:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson isn’t the dad of his two oldest kids, their mother says: The father is an anonymous sperm donor, the New York Post reports. Jackson’s former wife Debbie Rowe doesn’t want custody of “Prince” Michael Joseph, 12, and Paris Michael Katherine, 11, she told the... More »

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children • father • Michael Jackson • sperm donors • artificial insemination • Prince Michael • Paris Michael • Debbie Rowe • Blanket

 Octomom: 'I 
 Screwed Up 
 My Life, Kids' 

But 'I'll just have to retend I didn't,' says Suleman

Jun 5, 09 4:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Octomom Nadya Suleman admitted yesterday she "screwed up" when she plotted to wrangle sperm from a boyfriend to father her 14 children. "I screwed up my life, I screwed up my kids' lives," Suleman says on RadarOnline. "What the heck am I going to do? I... More »

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parenting • sperm • single parenting • sperm donors • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman


 Sperm Donor 
 Isn't Octu-Dad: 
 Suleman 

Man: Nadya said she had ovarian cancer

Feb 23, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who appeared on ABC's Good Morning America today as the possible dad of Nadya Suleman’s octuplets didn’t father any of her children, Suleman told Us Magazine. Dennis Beaudoin’s “not lying. He went to the doctor with me once,” she said. “It didn’... More »

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Good Morning America • father • paternity test • sperm donors • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Dennis Beaudoin

 'Octu-Dad' 
 Bares Mom's 
 Breast Stunt 

Sperm donor believes Suleman was still married when they dated

Feb 22, 09 5:42 PM CST
(Newser) - A sperm donor who believes he fathered all of Nadya Suleman's octuplets said he thinks she was still married when they started dating and she asked him for sperm, reports the Huffington Post. They had been seeing each other just weeks when she took a sample of sperm he had... More »

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Oprah Winfrey • Good Morning America • sperm donors • multiple births • octuplets • Nadya Suleman • Ed Doud

(Newser) - Blood and other bodily fluids are hot sellers these days as donors line up to pocket quick cash in a plunging economy, ABC News reports. Seeing an increase in traffic, blood banks are campaigning to boost it higher, one at Stanford University even offering resumé and job interview advice to... More »

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recession • sperm donors • egg donors • economic downturn • blood bank • blood donor • career counseling

Analysis

Identify Sperm Donors?
Risks May Outweigh Benefits

Medical history often crucial to children, but repository could discourage donors

Jan 27, 09 8:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Mindful that genetic profiling helps diagnose disease, US fertility clinics are looking for a way to give donor-conceived children access to their fathers’ medical records—without imperiling the industry, writes Cheryl Miller in Reason. A US registry appears imminent, though transparency laws in Europe have resulted in a huge drop... More »

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FDA Rules Block Import of Prized Danish Sperm

US running low on popular 'Viking' sperm, barred by Mad Cow safeguards

Aug 13, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - FDA rules banning European sperm imports are driving some would-be American mothers to desperation, the Washington Post reports. Sperm from Danish donors used to be a popular import. But regulations to safeguard the US from a human form of Mad Cow disease have shut down the supply and sperm banks... More »

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Sperm Donors
May Lose Anonymity 

Kids' rights, health issues push clinics to look at national registry

May 25, 08 7:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - The halcyon days of anonymous sperm donation may draw to a close, Newsweek reports, as children's rights and health issues prompt the country’s top three sperm banks to consider a national registry for sperm and egg donors. The list may allow recipients to learn about inherited health risks, and... More »

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in vitro fertilization • American Society for Reproductive Medicine • sperm bank • sperm donors • artificial insemination • egg donors • California Cryobank

Autistic Kids Linked to
Sperm Donor

Experts warn it's
impossible to screen
for autism genes

Apr 3, 08 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York professor who wanted to become a mother contacted a sperm bank and chose sperm from a donor with a high IQ. When her son turned out to be autistic, she contacted other mothers who used the same donor and discovered some of their kids were autistic as... More »

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Sperm Donation Not
'Taxable Labor' for Danes

Sperm banks warned identity disclosure would kill the thriving exports

Feb 6, 08 7:12 AM CST
(Newser) - The Danish government has thought better of a plan to tax earnings from sperm donation just as it taxes any other job, Der Spiegel reports. The catch is that it would have required donors to disclose their identities, which sperm banks said would drive away 93% of their business.... More »

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