As a result of coronavirus restrictions and clinics forced to close, there is a nationwide shortage of donors and this has led to a disturbing Wild West-style trade in human sperm being hawked across the internet and social media. Facebook, in particular, hosts dozens of specialist groups where men offer their services and women ask for help.
Clive Jones, a retired 65-year-old maths teacher from Derby, claims he has fathered 116 children acting as a sperm donor over the past eight years
With loneliness at record levels and opportunities to meet the opposite sex at a minimum, the market for DIY babies is booming – despite the accompanying risks of genetic problems, fraud and long-term issues. But as one woman, a primary school teacher, told The Mail on Sunday last week, she has spent years trying to find the right man and now has had enough of waiting. While some women she knows are resorting to private ‘arrangements’, through friends or friends of friends, others, like herself, are turning to the online world.
Do you think online sperm trade should continue. Would you ever participate to sperm donation and become a father to that many children.
How one ex-maths teacher has fathered 116 children as a sperm donor | Daily Mail Online
Clive Jones, a retired 65-year-old maths teacher from Derby, claims he has fathered 116 children acting as a sperm donor over the past eight years
With loneliness at record levels and opportunities to meet the opposite sex at a minimum, the market for DIY babies is booming – despite the accompanying risks of genetic problems, fraud and long-term issues. But as one woman, a primary school teacher, told The Mail on Sunday last week, she has spent years trying to find the right man and now has had enough of waiting. While some women she knows are resorting to private ‘arrangements’, through friends or friends of friends, others, like herself, are turning to the online world.
Do you think online sperm trade should continue. Would you ever participate to sperm donation and become a father to that many children.
How one ex-maths teacher has fathered 116 children as a sperm donor | Daily Mail Online