Comment on Should I donate sperm?

IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  1: You dont know how much it costs 2: That isnt a thing.

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    1. Yes I do
    2. yes it is

    findlaw.com/…/sperm-donor-child-support-is-he-leg…

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    • Squizzy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Lol at america

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      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is why you should burn used kleenex.

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• Swaus01@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  1) The thing is my country has free healthcare, so if enough people are willing to donate, sperm is theoretically free.

  2) That’s given me some stuff to think about though - I’m going to search and see if there are case studies of people being pestered for child care (it says you’re under no obligation but a particularly devious person might lie to the court/police, right?)

  And then there’s also the fact that it could be people you don’t want to create a baby with. Idk. TBH i don’t think people who try to exploit infrastructure like that are going to be bothering with sperm donation, i think those unpleasant people will be making babies traditionally, and if they’re infertile that just means more zero consequence sex to them.

  Some good news is also that the NHS provides a professional to explain what the implication of the decision are so maybe this will come up or i can ask about it. It would certainly explain why donation rates are so low - I’m not sure what’s so much worse to everyone about masturbating in a clinic to masturbating at home and “wasting” the genetic material. (other than the fact that they don’t want to create random kids they won’t meet)

  it’s a bigger decision than I’ve given thought to so far, i’ll give you that.

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The cost of birth is a tiny fraction of the cost of having a kid.

    When you are donating sperm you are not having a kid with someone. You are blowing a load into a cup and moving on.

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    • Skylordd78@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah but what if 20yrs from now you have 10 different kids knocking on your door?

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  • EponymousBosh@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    From the article linked above:

    Concerned sperm donors should note that these cases are probably considered outside the norm.

    In the cases cited, the sperm donor was also involved in the children’s lives. So it’s technically possible but very unlikely.

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