From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in
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> Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
> > A very good friend of mine (we're born on the same day in the same
hospital
> > and been friends since we were maybe three years old) actually looks
like
> > what many people would like to think the Vikings looked like (but
probably
> > isn't true): he's huge, tall, very sturdy and has blue eyes, and long
blonde
> > hair and blonde beard. A few years ago he was approached by a company in
the
> > US and asked if he would be willing to donate some sperm - apparently
his
> > looks are very popular in some places. The deal involved giving a
"donation"
> > every day for two weeks, and the company would pay the flights to Miami,
the
> > hotel, and he even got some cash for it (can't remember but it wasn't
much).
> >
> > Naturally he went, saying only "this is too weird, now they want to
*pay* me
> > for doing this...". What an easy way to get a free vacation 
> >
>
>
> Sperm donation like that alway stuck me as weird .....& IMHO legally
> risky. E.g. how many "mini-me's" are there.....if they find out I'm
> their natural father will I have to pay maintainence etc.etc.

We just had a law passed (last summer I think it was) that was worded
poorly, so today it's basically possible for this to happen - if a child
wants to find out who his "natural" father is, the child has that
right and the "father" may (in some weird cases) be responsible
for that child. Ok, I can see *some* way that makes sense (but not really,
it's just a bit stupid), but as you can guess there are no donors in this
country left. None. The sperm needed for those who can't have a child on
their own has to be bought from other places, which is expensive and, IMO
stupid.

The law is due an overhaul this year to take away at least the possibility
of the child to ask the father to pay hi upbringing afterwards.


Antti Kurenniemi

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