THE HAGUE, April 28 (Reuters) – A Dutch courtroom on Friday ordered a person who judges mentioned had fathered between 500 and 600 kids around the globe to cease donating sperm.
The 41-year-old Dutchman, recognized by de Telegraaf newspaper as Jonathan Meijer, was forbidden to donate extra semen to clinics, the courtroom ruling mentioned. He might be fined 100,000 euros ($110,000) per infraction.
The courtroom additionally ordered Meijer to jot down to clinics overseas asking them to destroy any of his semen they’ve in inventory, besides doses reserved for fogeys who already had kids by him.
The choice got here after a civil case began by a basis representing the pursuits of donor kids and Dutch dad and mom who had used Meijer as a donor.
They argued that Meijer’s continued donations violated the proper to a non-public lifetime of his donor kids, whose capability to type romantic relationships are hampered by fears of unintentional incest and inbreeding.
Meijer’s mass donations first got here to mild in 2017 and he was banned from donating to Dutch fertility clinics, the place he had already fathered over 100 kids.
Nonetheless, he continued to donate overseas, together with to the Danish sperm financial institution Cryos which operates internationally. Meijer additionally continued to supply himself as a donor on websites matching potential dad and mom with sperm donors, generally utilizing a distinct identify, in keeping with the Algemeen Dagblad day by day.($1 = 0.9102 euros)
Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg
Enhancing by Christina Fincher
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