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Originally Posted by Nat
If I have a kid, it will not be through an expensive sperm bank but some sort of similar agreement. I don't trust Texas judges to honor such an agreement, so the "father" would be left blank on the birth certificate and and the state will never be informed of the donor's name.
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It would be good if you could also verify he isn't HIV positive or whatever health things matter to you.
I would do a background check on him, too, but that's just me.
And I think your instinct not to trust a Texas judge is a good one...
Maybe talk to some expert? Not a lawyer, that would probably cost, but maybe someone who works in a clinic or something?
I don't know. This is all just off the top of my head.
Just saying the benefit of a sperm bank is the screening they do of the donors. Assuming they do...
I remember meeting these two women for dinner, I was with my partner at the time, and the women wanted a baby. They had a FedEx package with them, containing sperm from a bank in California.
I never had a strong urge to perpetuate my genetic material, not that there's anything wrong with that, so I never thought about sperm banks. There were times in my life I would have adopted, though. Especially an older kid.
Off topic. sorry. But breaking news is kind of a discussion starter, I think.