Posted on 10/13/2014 6:35:15 AM PDT by Kaslin
Jennifer Cramblett of Uniontown, Ohio, is the mother of an adorable 2-year-old girl named Payton, whom she and her partner call a "dream come true" and love with all their heart. "She's made us the people that we are," Cramblett says. "Never trade it for the world."
If that's the case, Payton will doubtless wonder once she's old enough to Google her own name, why did Cramblett sue the Chicago-area sperm bank that enabled her to get pregnant with her wonderful daughter? Why did she demand tens of thousands of dollars as compensation for breach of warranty and for what the lawsuit calls Payton's "wrongful birth?"
The answer, Cramblett and her lawyers have claimed in televised interviews, has nothing to do with Payton, and everything to do with punishing the sperm bank for a careless mix-up: It supplied vials of sperm from Donor No. 330, when Cramblett had selected Donor No. 380. When Cramblett tried to untangle the matter with the sperm bank, she says, the receptionist was rude and hung up on her.
"I am happy that I have a healthy child," Cramblett told NBC. "But I'm not going to let them get away with not being held accountable."
But Cramblett's suit against Midwest Sperm Bank hasn't become a cause célèbre because of a customer service issue. It ignited a furor because of race. Cramblett was inseminated with the sperm of a black man, instead of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed white man she and her partner had picked from the sperm bank's catalogue of donors. Which means that Payton is biracial — or to use Cramblett's phrase, "obviously mixed race." Hence the lawsuit, and the demand for at least $50,000 in damages. After all, the Ohio couple wasn't expecting to have to raise a child with skin darker than theirs.
Did somebody say racist?
No, no, no, Cramblett insists, this isn't about race at all. "For people to think I don't want this child because of her skin tone is just not the case," she assured Huffington Post. And when Payton is older, she'll understand that "the lawsuit was about a company that had to make changes and give us compensation so that we can go through counseling and learn how to love each other even more."
Sure she will. Because parents who adore their children as a "dream come true" and wouldn't trade them "for the world" always file wrongful-birth lawsuits. Don't they?
OH I agree, a lot of that stuff is just BS, but that’s the kind of BS that gets put in legal complaints.
You have to show “loss”, that’s what they are trying to do.
Of course it is silly to think that anyplace where they felt at home as lesbians wouldn’t be comfortable for a mixed race child, etc.
As to the 2 years that is usually the statute of limitations date for cases like this. They might have gone to a lawyer 18 months ago and he/she likely would not have filed until close to the deadline. Why? That’s just how they are.
Why did they name her Payton? That’s not only a boy’s name but a football player’s name. They should rename her with a proper girl’s name like Nannette, Linda, Lisa, Edna or Ann.
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50k is a paltry sum. The minimum should be 500k
Being “racist” is beside the point in most instances. It’s what you do, not how you think, that counts.
That said, she is within her rights. As long as children can be custom ordered, then you ought to get what you paid for. There’s a lesson there to be extracted, but the left won’t do it.
Sperm from Donor No. 330, when Cramblett had selected Donor No. 380.
She should have known how Chicago is with numbers.
I’d consider banning sperm banks. No more babies for dykes.
Infertile men and their wives can adopt. It’s kinda creepy and unnatural for a man to let his wife take on another man’s stuff anyway if you ask me. I’m sure I’ll take flack for saying that.
Maybe I’m nuts or overrating.
Overreacting.
I agree with you 100 percent....more will follow per freepmail
I think I agree with you
True, it is a contractual matter, but would the dykes have sued if the baby wasn’t obviously mixed race? Blonde hair and blue eyes are not dominant, so they would not have ever known if the donor had been any “kind” of white.
I concur. Yes.
I think it’s borders on homosexual. Look at lower classes of animals: They kill the offspring of competing/potential breeding mates.
“...I wonder which FReeper works there?...”
I DIDN’T DO IT!!! I was out sick that day...
“...Infertile men and their wives can adopt....”
Adoption is a wonderful thing. Giving a kid a chance at a decent life is always good. We have friends that adopted babies - from Russia - and they’re thriving here.
http://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-peyton-5425.htm
it's a girl's name and is spelled Peyton. I could not find any listings for Payton and I checked other sites too
Besides the Football player's name is Peyton (Manning)
BTW, Marion which is John Wayne's real first name is both a girls or a boys name
There’s also Walter Payton, the star running back for the Chicago Bears.
For some strange reason, Marion Morrison preferred to be called Duke Morrison before becoming John Wayne.
Marion doesn't seem to be all that common as a girl's name either, although Marion Harris is one of my favorite female pop singing stars.
John Wayne might have preferred to be called Duke, but that wasn't his given nor stage name when he became an actor
Bigoted, butchy lesbians?
No, honey; you CHOSE to be a rug muncher.
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