[Bushwacker777]

You know, this is a good case of well-meaning politicians making laws that hurt more than help. Now couples may not be able to have kids and to top this off the British recently said that single women and lesbians can now qualify for IVF treatment -- talk about increasing demand while the supply is already contracted due to government interference. It is good to see there are still Brits out there wanting to have kids (non-Muslim ones that is). Alaso a lot of couples are forced to go to Denmark or Spain for insemination since these countries (like the USA) is more libertarian on the issue. Most goint to Spain want Russian donors though (lots of them in the bigger cities). One good thing is that this might improve the looks in Britain. One thing I have thought though is maybe more conservatives should donate -- there is some evidence that certain inherited personality traits can lead one to be more liberal or more conservative.

[sinanju]

What man is going to donate sperm if it might lead to a paternity suit and child support years down the line?

[Philly Nomad]

Good, when you can’t have kids naturally, God is telling you something.

[NonValueAdded]

If everything else in Nature is sacrosanct, why are we meddling in Nature’s plan that says “your genes cannot go forward into the pool?”

[Adder]

“The removal of anonymity from sperm and egg donors has provoked a crisis in fertility treatment that is denying couples the chance to try for a baby.”

::sniffsniff:: B...b...but that is soooo unfayerrrrr!!

AWwWWwww...How can they have a BAAAAA...by?

Lord, I am so sick of whining.....

[BooksForTheRight.com]

Making babies with “donated” sperm or eggs is against nature. People who can’t have a child the normal way, should not have one, except through adoption.

[Haddit]

How are the Dems going to have babies if the have to depend on the balls of Conservatives?

[Vinnie]

They destroyed adoption, now this.

Typical liberals.

[Amelia]

Britain is rather ahead of the U.S. on all this technologically enhanced reproduction...for instance, you notice that they limit the number of times a man can donate sperm, to limit the possible number of offspring out there who might inadvertantly meet and marry....

I'm not sure that an offspring necessarily needs to meet the donor, but in this age of genetic screening, and when we are finding out more and more diseases have a genetic propensity, I think it might be a good thing for people to have access to at least their genetic history.

[Kozak]

It doesn’t help any either that the courts have ruled that the sperm donor can be sued for child support.

[silverleaf]

I am wondering if loss of anonymity is not just part of the issue- the other concern being the use of your genetic material by any freak who wants to create a baby?

[bannie]

Conservatives like to RAISE their offspring.

[Jaded]

later

[MilspecRob]

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner of the silly thread of the day