Traditionally the criteria for selecting a sperm donor generally were good looks, height, education, athletic ability and a whole host of others that an individual might desire. Modern technology like online registries and DNA tests have added a new criterion for some; how many children has this donor produced. Sperm donation in the U. S. is largely unregulated although there …
Even close to the start of formal adoptions of children controversy has raged about the relationship between the biological mother and adoptive parents. This has developed from not even telling a child that they were adopted into a more open relationship in the form of open adoptions in which the mother, child and parents may not only meet but be …
What's the matter with people today? I was a red-head as a kid and now I feel rejected.
The world's biggest sperm bank, Cryos International, whose main office is in Aarhus Denmark, says it does not want any more sperm from red-haired donors because they have more than enough to meet current demand. Ole Schou, agency director for Cryos, told …
According to an article in the New York Times one sperm donor fathered at least 150 children. The story profiles a woman who searched a Web-based registry for other children fathered by the same donor and helped to create an online group to track them. Over the years, she watched the number of children in her son’s group grow. Today …
