Sperm donor with cancer-causing gene fathers nearly 200 children

21 pointsposted 2 months ago
by ashishgupta2209

12 Comments

nanfinitum

2 months ago

Given how high risk this whole donor thing is, I’m surprised there is very little regulation around this process.

For one, It’s truly bizzare that they don’t regulate the number of kids from a single donor. I also assumed they would have some rigorous screening of genetic disorders such as this one before freely distributing sperm for insemination.

user

2 months ago

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extraduder_ire

2 months ago

It was not detected in the genetic screening they did.

It was also 2005.

ashishgupta2209

2 months ago

It should be regulated how many children can be born by a single donor.

nozzlegear

2 months ago

Why?

ls612

2 months ago

Because it can lead to accidental incest between biological half-siblings.

nozzlegear

2 months ago

That would only be an issue if they're all geographically concentrated in a small area where the children have a higher likelihood to meet. If the donor were to donate 200 samples to 200 clinics spread across a region, it shouldn't be a problem, no?

hulitu

2 months ago

>That would only be an issue if they're all geographically concentrated in a small area where the children have a higher likelihood to meet.

like monarchs of Europe

burnt-resistor

2 months ago

Some people are selfish and vain, not just billionaires. What else is new?

One can only hope some CRISP gene therapy would be developed to possibly help them.