WELCOMING a baby into the world is commonly seen as a beautiful occasion, yet excessive enthusiasm can be an issue.
A Facebook post claims that a man was ordered to stop donating to fertility clinics after being suspected of fathering over 550 children worldwide.
Is this true?
VERDICT:
TRUE.
According to media reports, the man was banned from donating to fertility clinics in the Netherlands in 2017 after it emerged he had fathered more than 100 children.
Instead of stopping, he continued donating abroad and online, and was said to have misled hundreds of women by lying about the number of children he had helped produce via sperm donation.
The man, then aged 41, was subsequently ordered by the court to provide a list of all clinics he had engaged.
Those facilities were ordered to destroy his sperm, and the man could be fined more than €100,000 (RM500,000) if he tried to donate again.
According to Dutch guidelines, a donor cannot father more than 25 children in 12 families.
They must also limit the number of times they donate sperm to reduce chances of siblings unknowingly coupling up and having children in future.
The issue came to light after a foundation protecting donor children’s rights and a mother brought the case to court.
The court said the incident could have negative psychosocial consequences for the children involved.
Netflix show “The Man with 1000 Kids” is said to have been inspired by this story.
References:
https://www.bbc.com/news/
