A prolific sperm donor from the Netherlands who allegedly fathered over 500 kids worldwide now faces a lawsuit over the potential elevated threat of unintended incest.
“If I had identified that he had already fathered greater than 100 kids, I might by no means have chosen this donor,” Eva, a mom who helped launch the lawsuit, stated within the press launch. “Once I take into consideration the implications this might have for my little one, I get a foul intestine feeling and I turn out to be unsure about his future: what number of extra kids will probably be added?”
“In conversations with the donor, many moms have indicated that he ought to cease, however nothing helps,” she added. “Going to courtroom is the one option to shield my little one.”
The DonorKind Basis, a Dutch group that defends the rights of donor kids, filed a lawsuit in opposition to Jonathan Jacob Meijer, 41, claiming he lied in regards to the variety of kids he had fathered by way of sperm donations.
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Jonathan Jacob Meijer, aged 41, from the Netherlands. He was charged with deceptive lots of of girls worldwide and fathering practically 500 kids. (CEN)
Meijer faces costs of performing unlawfully after deceptive the clinics in regards to the extent of his actions and “endangering” the psychological well-being of his kids along with the elevated threat of incest or inbreeding.
Pointers restrict an individual to 25 offspring or 12 ladies to forestall potential incest points, in keeping with a press launch from DonorKind. One mom claims he admitted to her that he might have fathered as many as 500 kids.
When he met with Eva, a mom who selected him as a donor in 2018, he allegedly informed her he would cease on the authorized restrict when he hit it. She later discovered he had hit that restrict lengthy earlier than he met her.
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Meijer might have in reality fathered as many as 102 kids within the Netherlands, which prompted officers to blacklist him from any additional donations in 2017. Now dwelling in Kenya, he has continued to donate in different international locations, together with Denmark and Ukraine.
A medical skilled locations samples in a sperm financial institution for storage and evaluation. (Shutterstock)
DonorKind introduced the lawsuit in opposition to Meijer on behalf of 25 households who want to stop him from donating any extra sperm, which he allegedly did utilizing a wide range of pseudonyms, The Occasions of London reported.
The inspiration stated Meijer “doesn’t need to cease his conduct” and continues to fulfill with new dad and mom.
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The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology urged all sperm banks and clinics to cease utilizing Meijer’s samples after his 2017 blacklisting. (CEN)
“On the Donorkind Basis, we predict it is vital that folks notice that they turn out to be household in a sure method by way of donor conception,” the group stated in its press launch. “Which means each dad and mom and donors keep in mind the pursuits and rights of the donor kids.”
“Sadly, there is no such thing as a such factor with this man, which signifies that we as a basis have to face up for the pursuits of the donor kids who can’t do that themselves.”
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The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology urged all sperm banks and clinics to cease utilizing Meijer’s samples after his 2017 blacklisting, however he continued to supply his sperm “below the counter,” in keeping with EuroNews.
“The donor prioritized his urge to breed and his conduct poses a menace to the psychological and bodily well-being of donor kids,” Mark de Hek, the inspiration’s lawyer, stated.