Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons (desperate quest for Nordic sperms)

WP ^ | 08/13/08 | Rob Stein

[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."

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[Tax-chick]

Surely this is a parody.

[SolidWood]

Why does she need an anonymous Sperm donor!? She can't find a man?

[Rummyfan]

Julie Peterson..... She couldn't find a husband??????

[isrul]

She doesn't want a man. She wants some sperm. She probably doesn't even like men.

[ClaudiusI]

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.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

"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.

[Rummyfan]

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.

[SolidWood]

I bet all her pillow-cases have eyeholes cut in them.

Huh!?

[AndyJackson]

She can't find a man?

Must have one hell of a charming personality /sarcasm.

[Juan Medén]

Just call me . . . suddenly Sven!

[mgc1122]

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.

[WayneS]

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.

;^)

[N. Theknow]

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.

[T-Bro]

I can’t believe that the ambulance chasers haven’t figured out a way to make the sperm donor pay child support.

[grey_whiskers]

Already been done.

Click here.

No cheers, unfortunately.

[hunter112]

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.

[SolidWood]

I can’t believe that the ambulance chasers haven’t 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.

[grey_whiskers]

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!