The Netherlands sues a sperm donor who’s credited with greater than 550 kids


Clinic pointers require a sperm donor to do it a most of 25 occasions efficientlyJonathan Meijer, 41, was blacklisted within the Netherlands, however continued to donate in different nationsThe plaintiffs demand that he cease donating and discover out through which clinics have your sperm nonetheless saved

Dutchman Jonathan Jacob Meijer, 41, a sperm donor, should seem in court docket subsequent April after being accused of fathering greater than 550 kids world wide. One of the inseminated moms and the Donorkind Foundation, which defends the pursuits of individuals born by this methodology within the Netherlands, have sued her, after violating the regulation that units a most of 25 offspring for donors in fertility remedies, and They demand that he cease donating and discover out through which clinics his sperm continues to be saved.

Meijer is accused of dishonest a whole bunch of ladies world wide. The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology raised the alarm in 2017, when it had already fathered not less than 102 kids in ten totally different clinics within the Netherlands. The Dutch musician, who now lives in Kenya, was positioned on a nationwide blacklist, however he continued to donate in different nations, akin to Denmark and Ukraine.

Clinic pointers require a sperm donor to take action a most of 25 occasions efficiently or assist 12 households in whole, to keep away from inbreeding, incest and psychological issues for individuals born by this methodology. “Now that this man has indicated to the moms that he doesn’t wish to cease his conduct, it’s requested that he be banned underneath sanction from new donations, that he be required to not contact new future fathers, and that he write to the clinics to request the destruction of his sperm saved”, warns the president of the inspiration, Ties van der Meer.

“I might by no means have chosen him”

Eva, the mom who’s now initiating the lawsuit in opposition to Meijer in court docket, assures that he had promised to not father greater than 25 kids, when she selected him as her donor in 2018. “If I had recognized that I had already had greater than 100 kids, I might by no means have chosen him. When I take into consideration the results that this might have for my son, I’m left with a foul physique and uncertainty about his future: what number of extra kids will there be? In conversations with the donor, many moms have requested it to cease, however nothing helps,” Eva tells Dutchnews.

His lawyer, Mark de Hek, warns that the donor is appearing illegally “by placing his reproductive impulse first” and remembers that “this conduct is harmful for the psychological well-being and well being of kids born by donation.” In addition to this case, the inspiration has already recognized not less than ten Dutch gynecologists who’ve used their very own semen with out the information of ladies who wished to get pregnant in fertility clinics within the Netherlands.

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