#sperm-donation

#sperm-donation

When the woman's phone began to ring one morning in June, she did not know that the news she would receive would hurtle her and her teenage daughter into a "tunnel" of medical appointments, tests and fear. On the other end of the line, she said, was the head of the fertility department at a Belgian clinic she had visited in 2011 to undergo fertility treatment, which at the time was not available to would-be single mothers in France.

Albon explains his motivations, saying, "I have a responsibility to my ancestors and their descendants. Filial piety is what it's called. I'm doing it for posterity."

As is often the case in ethical discussions, the main moral issue revolves around whether post-death sperm donation is morally acceptable, compared to other forms of post-death donations.

The widespread breach of sperm donation guidelines in the Netherlands was revealed through a national registry, uncovering at least 85 mass donors fathering many children.

At least 85 sperm donors in the Netherlands have fathered 25 or more children, revealing long-standing breaches of donation rules by fertility clinics.