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Woman China
Parts of me say yes, if a man is in a committed and long term relationship, a man should at least inform his partner of his choice.
I feel this way because simply, can you imagine when that potential-future child is 18? I would feel a little
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Parts of me say yes, if a man is in a committed and long term relationship, a man should at least inform his partner of his choice.
I feel this way because simply, can you imagine when that potential-future child is 18? I would feel a little betrayed if I knew the man I was with was a sperm donor while we were together. If he donated before we got together, I like to think I'd welcome that child and share pictures and all that fuzzy heart warming jazz.
And I think if gentlemen think it is ok to donate sperm without informing his partner... I wonder how he would feel if I donated my eggs? Or decided to get my tubes tied without telling him? Or made the decision to "rent out" my uterus while together? Or not tell him I had a child before I met him? Or had an abortion before I met him? Or had a sex life before I met him?
Bottom line, if my partner decided to donate sperm while we were together, and I didn't know, I'd feel betrayed and angry. If he told me that he wanted to be a sperm donor, I don't think I'd have a problem with it.
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In the United States it is very rare for children of sperm donation to be able to get in contact with the sperm donors. They can request medical information, but they are not given the donors name etc.
FTR, WHO wrote that article? Reading it was like talking to a drunk person, repeating the same things over and over again... Oh, it's the Daily Mail.
No wonder.
I think "owning" part of your spouse could lead to bad things. If a wife "owns" her husband's sperm, does that mean HE owns
her eggs and she cannot have choice over her own fertility without his input? I think not.
I think most guys with a brain in their heads would not donate sperm without their wives' consent, and that most women wouldn't donate eggs without the same (although it's hard to hide all the medications ext that accompany an egg donation) but, it shouldn't be law.