Selling sperm for profit is illegal in the UK, but unregulated online platforms are seeing a rise in donors. Many women face coercion and harassment, while fertility clinics have long waiting lists and donor shortages. Online donors like Kyle Gordy offer a more personal approach, but experts warn of medical, legal, and emotional risks.
A US sperm donor who calls himself Joe Donor has lost his fourth court case seeking to be recognized as the father of a child conceived using his sperm. The president of the family division ruled that despite his genetic fatherhood being undisputed, declaring him a legal parent would contradict public policy given his operation of an illegal sperm donation business and history of targeting vulnerable women.
A prolific sperm donor, Robert Albon, who claims to be the biological father of 180 children, has had his application to be named on a child's birth certificate dismissed by the UK's Family Court.
