Sperm donation and anonymity - Page 2

On May 21 2011 03:18 Greatness wrote:

Might be a long and hard discussion we have ahead of us.

Lawyers for Olivia Pratten had argued that the existing rules discriminated against the children of sperm donors, and the court ruled in Olivia Pratten's favour on Thursday by striking down a section of the B.C. Adoption Act.

On May 21 2011 03:08 Mikilatov wrote:
What I've never understood is why people seem to care who their biological parents are?

If I found out my father wasn't my real father, I'd say "No, he's my real father, because he raised me and took care of me and still cares for me to this day." Who the hell cares where the sperm came from. There's a difference between a sperm donor and a DAD.

I guess maybe I'd have to be put in that position to understand, but honestly, I don't think I'd give two shits if I didn't know my 'biological' father, if he was just a random sperm donor.

On May 21 2011 03:37 Mikilatov wrote:
That's another thing... Would such legislation be retroactive? Does this mean that people who donated sperm thinking it was anonymous are now having these records revealed? That's pretty fucked up, if you ask me. If the legislation is going to change, the least they can do is at least make it only count for future donations, so those who donated under the promise of anonymity aren't hung out to dry.

On May 21 2011 03:44 Miiike wrote:
I actually do this (long story how it came about, mostly my gf's idea) and the only real negative about it that I could think of was the potential of something like this happening in the future. As an anonymous donor, I can decide or not to respond to any inquiries about myself. The Cryobank I go to would act as a middleman for the initiating of any contact between myself and future kids.

I decided the benefits (cash in hand + helping out families in need) outweigh the small probability that someone sues (the right to which they give up when they accept services by the cryobank).

If anyone has any questions, I'd gladly answer them. This seems to be one of those things that people think "hell yeah i'd jerk off for money" but not many actually look into. There's a long process of genetic and blood testing and all that info is on your anonymous profile that the recipient looks at, so trying to get more info than what they already have would probably be unnecessary if you actually donate at a fully legit cryobank.

On May 21 2011 03:44 Miiike wrote:
I actually do this (long story how it came about, mostly my gf's idea) and the only real negative about it that I could think of was the potential of something like this happening in the future. As an anonymous donor, I can decide or not to respond to any inquiries about myself. The Cryobank I go to would act as a middleman for the initiating of any contact between myself and future kids.

I decided the benefits (cash in hand + helping out families in need) outweigh the small probability that someone sues (the right to which they give up when they accept services by the cryobank).

If anyone has any questions, I'd gladly answer them. This seems to be one of those things that people think "hell yeah i'd jerk off for money" but not many actually look into. There's a long process of genetic and blood testing and all that info is on your anonymous profile that the recipient looks at, so trying to get more info than what they already have would probably be unnecessary if you actually donate at a fully legit cryobank.

On May 21 2011 03:47 NuKedUFirst wrote:
How much do you make per load?

What do you think of the future "half yous" finding out who you are? Any plans on stopping donation if they take away anonymity?

On May 21 2011 03:36 psychopat wrote:


There are a lot of things where knowing if there's a history of (whatever hereditary illness/medical issue) in the family is important. I'd personally want to know just for that alone. On everything else, I agree with you.

If the guy was donating for money, he clearly didn't want to cultivate a relationship with the potential tons of offspring it might generate...

edit: Oh, and if I were to ever consider donating, having my identity revealed would be a major obstacle to that. It would push me right back into the "I don't want to donate" side of the coin.

On May 21 2011 04:32 Kenderson wrote:
Other than curiosity and history of disease I don't see the point.

As for making a donation, I've thought about it and I'm not sure that I could do it. There's just something I don't like about the idea of giving away my top notch genetic material to strangers lol. It seems odd even to me that I feel this way because I tend to see everything as relatively meaningless. It's hard to explain, maybe it's selfishness or extreme overprotectiveness lol Idk. It just doesn't feel right. Until I thought about it for a while and realized I felt this way, my overall opinion was "Awesome! You can get paid to whack off? Count me in!" lol

On May 21 2011 04:33 DoomsVille wrote:
I feel like sperm banks probably take a detailed history and perform a physical before taking any sperm. I'm not sure if they do... but it is definately something they should be doing...