"EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Some sperm donation clinics invite men to leave a message behind for their unborn child to hear when they are 18."
Um. I don't know if I would trust the motivations of someone squeeing in a cup to leave a message for my soon-to-be child...is it standard practice for sperm banks to pay the donors? Because, it doesn't seem like a man would be put out that much by relieving some frustration in a cup.
Personally, I would hyperventilate at the very thought of my husband having millions upon millions of little swimmers stored in a cooler somewhere for the sake of being able to afford a bag of potato chips back in college. Whether you feel ethically obligated to support those [potential] kids or not, they're still your kids.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't want to get off track too much here, but I am 100% in favor of people donating sperm and eggs because they genuinely feel bad that some couples can't conceive, but it gets my goat that some people will do it just for the money. It's not like a lock of hair that'll have no consequences on anyone (but you if you've ordered to have a drug test completed and have been smoking the sticky-icky-icky weed).
Okay, point is...what exactly could a sperm donor have to say to a child they never want to meet? If you read the last three paragraphs of the linked story, I can handle those two statements, but certainly not all donors are so noble.
Posted by Tiffany at August 10, 2006 07:38 AM | TrackBack