Dutch woman sues to open file on sperm donor dad
by Michael Cook | 1 Sep 2019 |
Maria, a 21-year-old Dutch woman is suing to identify her sperm donor father. At the time of conception, her biological father agreed to be contacted. But he withdrew his permission later on, as the woman discovered when she tried to get in touch in 2017.
The donor is known only as K34. The Rijnstate hospital in Arnhem is shielding his identity. It appears that at least 57 children have been conceived with his sperm. Maria has been in touch with 13 of them – but she is the only one who is going to court. It seems that this is the first time that a person conceived with donor sperm has had recourse to the courts to uncover the secret of her identity.
"The image I had of him was always fairly standard: a friendly gentleman who helped my mother to have a child", the young woman told Volkskrant. "Over the past years the desire to know who he is became stronger. And why shouldn't I want to know? He is part of my identity."
Michael Cook is editor of BioEdge
Nearly every week, it seems, you read about the discovery of a new gene explaining inexplicable behaviour -- internet addiction, obesity, voting conservative, voting liberal, infidelity, divorce, chocaholism, alcoholism, whatever.
I recall that a few years ago a New York judge even handed down a harsher-than-usual sentence because a defendant had a gene for viewing child pornography. The fact that the gene had not been discovered did not deter him. Someday it would be.
In short, the notion of genetic determinism seems to have a full nelson on the American imagination. So it comes as no surprise that homosexuality is believed, from North to South, and East to West, to be genetically determined. The most influential voice on this score is probably Lady Gaga, whose mega-hit “Born This Way” has been viewed about 300 million times on YouTube.
Fortunately or unfortunately, it’s looking like Lady Gaga was wrong. Researchers at MIT and Harvard’s Broad Institute have found that “it is impossible to meaningfully predict an individual’s same-sex sexual behavior from genetics”. If this study holds up, it is bound to shift the goal posts in the debate over homosexuality. Read about it below and post your comments.
I recall that a few years ago a New York judge even handed down a harsher-than-usual sentence because a defendant had a gene for viewing child pornography. The fact that the gene had not been discovered did not deter him. Someday it would be.
In short, the notion of genetic determinism seems to have a full nelson on the American imagination. So it comes as no surprise that homosexuality is believed, from North to South, and East to West, to be genetically determined. The most influential voice on this score is probably Lady Gaga, whose mega-hit “Born This Way” has been viewed about 300 million times on YouTube.
Fortunately or unfortunately, it’s looking like Lady Gaga was wrong. Researchers at MIT and Harvard’s Broad Institute have found that “it is impossible to meaningfully predict an individual’s same-sex sexual behavior from genetics”. If this study holds up, it is bound to shift the goal posts in the debate over homosexuality. Read about it below and post your comments.
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