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Associated Press:
    A Swedish man who donated his sperm to a lesbian couple must pay child support for the three boys he fathered, the Supreme Court has ruled.

    The man, now 39, gave his sperm to the couple in the early 1990s. Three sons were born in the years 1992 to 1996.

    He agreed he would play no role in the boys' upbringing, but signed a document saying he was the father. The women separated and the biological mother demanded that the man pay child support. The man went to the district and appeals courts, but lost. The Supreme Court upheld these rulings




Bizarre parentage law is not confined to the gay community. Read the following.

From Harper's Magazine August 2005, Readings Pg. 21


Snow Job


From a decision issued in Feb. 2005 by an Appellate court In Illinois. In Nov. 2000, Sharon Irons sued Richard Phillips for child support; in may, 2003, Phillips countersued, charging Irons with fraud, theft and intent to cause emotional distress. The court found Irons innocent of fraud and theft but held her liable for causing Phillips emotional distress. Phillips was ordered to pay child support. Both are MDs.

Plaintiff and defendant began dating in Jan. 1999. Plaintiff informed defendant he did not wish to have children prior to marriage and intended to use a condom when and if they engaged in sexual intercourse. During the entire course of their relationship, the parties engaged in intimate sexual acts 3 times. Vaginal penetration never occurred. On or around Feb. 19, 1999, defendant 'intentionally engaged in oral sex with plaintiff so that she could harvest his semen and artificially inseminate herself.' Plaintiff asserts that defendant took his 'semen, sperm and genetic material without his permission, for the purpose of concieving a child.'

Defendant responds that plaintiff did not loan or lease his sperm, and there was no agreement that the original deposit would be returned upon request. She asserts that when plaintiff 'delivered' his sperm to the defendant it was a gift - an absolute and irrevocable transfer of title to property from a donor to a donee. Plaintiff's donative intent was clear, she argues. 'Had he not intended to deliver his sperm to me, he would have used a condom and kept its contents.' Plaintiff cannot show he had the right to unconditional possession of his sperm . Plaintiff presumably intended, and he does not claim otherwise, that defendant discard his semen, not return it to him.

"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives." John Stuart Mill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. Oscar Wilde He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead.