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Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons (desperate quest for Nordic sperms)
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| 08/13/08
| Rob Stein
Posted on 08/13/2008 5:14:22 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons
By Rob Stein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 13, 2008; Page A01
When Julie Peterson decided to have a baby on her own two years ago, she picked a tall, blond, blue-eyed Danish engineer as a sperm donor to match her own Scandinavian heritage. But when she went back to the sperm bank to use the same donor to have another child, she was stunned to discover that the federal government had made it impossible.
"I just cried," said Peterson, 43, who lives in North Carolina. "I was in complete shock. I hadn't thought about anything but having another baby with this donor. It was just so surprising and bewildering."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: fertility; importban; madcowdisease; nordicsperm
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To: neverdem
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posted on
08/13/2008 5:14:46 AM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
3
posted on
08/13/2008 5:16:34 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("This is our duty: to zot their sorry arses into the next time zone." ~ Admin Mod)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Why does she need an anonymous Sperm donor!? She can't find a man?
4
posted on
08/13/2008 5:17:22 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
(God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Julie Peterson..... She couldn't find a husband??????
5
posted on
08/13/2008 5:18:55 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: SolidWood
She doesn't want a man. She wants some sperm. She probably doesn't even like men.
6
posted on
08/13/2008 5:19:16 AM PDT
by
isrul
(Help make every day, "Disrespect a muzzie day.")
To: TigerLikesRooster
Words escape me. What a vile person (no pun intended) and what a vile industry. I bet all her pillow-cases have eyeholes cut in them.
7
posted on
08/13/2008 5:19:42 AM PDT
by
ClaudiusI
To: TigerLikesRooster
"I just cried," said Peterson, 43, who lives in North Carolina. "I was in complete shock. I hadn't thought about anything but having another baby with this donor. It was just so surprising and bewildering." What selfishness, moral degeneracy and general all-around insanity have joined together, let no man tear asunder.
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posted on
08/13/2008 5:19:47 AM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Barack Obama--the first black Jimmy Carter.)
To: Tax-chick
No, it's not a parody:
Now, as the remaining vials of Nordic semen frozen in U.S. sperm banks are running out, a small but desperate number of would-be parents are frantic. Peterson has flown repeatedly to Denmark, and went again this week, to try to get pregnant with sperm from the same donor. Others are going to Canada or Mexico, or haggling with other American women who have leftover vials.
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posted on
08/13/2008 5:20:59 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: ClaudiusI
I bet all her pillow-cases have eyeholes cut in them.Huh!?
10
posted on
08/13/2008 5:21:57 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
(God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
To: SolidWood
She can't find a man? Must have one hell of a charming personality /sarcasm.
To: SolidWood
Just call me . . . suddenly Sven!
To: TigerLikesRooster
What’s wrong with trotting up to DC to visit the Norwegian embassy? I’m sure there’s a few good men up there that can help her out.
13
posted on
08/13/2008 5:23:12 AM PDT
by
mgc1122
To: TigerLikesRooster
Upset?
Heck, she should be thanking our government for taking such great efforts to keep Mad-Norwegian Disease out of the U.S. gene pool.
;^)
14
posted on
08/13/2008 5:23:34 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(What the hell is wrong with these people?)
To: Rummyfan
Now, as the remaining vials of Nordic semen frozen in U.S. sperm banks are running out, a small but desperate number of would-be parents are frantic. Peterson has flown repeatedly to Denmark, and went again this week, to try to get pregnant with sperm from the same donor. Others are going to Canada or Mexico, or haggling with other American women who have leftover vials. How Swede it is.
15
posted on
08/13/2008 5:25:23 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: N. Theknow
I can’t believe that the ambulance chasers haven’t figured out a way to make the sperm donor pay child support.
16
posted on
08/13/2008 5:32:12 AM PDT
by
T-Bro
(Hey, dems... tax this!)
To: T-Bro
Already been done.
Click here.
No cheers, unfortunately.
17
posted on
08/13/2008 5:37:41 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Hey, sweetheart, you want the same sperm donor for all of your children? Marry him, and you’ll get child support thrown in as well.
18
posted on
08/13/2008 5:38:38 AM PDT
by
hunter112
(The 'straight talk express' gets the straight finger express from me.)
To: T-Bro
I cant believe that the ambulance chasers havent figured out a way to make the sperm donor pay child support. Anyone selling his semen to anonymous women (and foresaking the fun part, I might stress), deserves getting pwned by ambulance chasing trial lawyers.
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posted on
08/13/2008 5:39:45 AM PDT
by
SolidWood
(God Bless Georgia and grant them victory over Russia!)
To: TigerLikesRooster
With a name and a heritage like that, she should move to Minnesota.
She'd be just another face in the crowd here, though...
except for the Somalis.
Incidentally, if she's 43 now, and has another child, she'll be a washed-up geezer at 60 when the kids enter college.
Cheers!
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posted on
08/13/2008 5:41:19 AM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
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