Kansas Duns Sperm Donor for Child Support Payments

Many years ago, the author William S. Burroughs speculated there would be a need for biological courts. At the time, the concept seemed connected to some far away event that might not ever materialize.

The circumstances that influenced the writer of Naked Lunch and The Ticket That Exploded may be upon us now. According to an Associated Press story reprinted in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, a Kansas sperm donor is fighting against a state ruling that he must pay child support. The case gets entangled in Kansas law, which mandates sperm donation must be conducted via a licensed medical doctor. The donor in question, William Marotta, gave his jizzom to a lesbian couple without benefit of medical sanction or assistance.

The story is definitely worth reading, as the details add texture, philosophical weight, and legal gravitas to this tale of unplanned, unwanted consequences. The journalist noted one unintentionally funny moment, when Mr. Marotta "dropped off a container with his sperm at the couple's home..."

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Redheads Frozen Out of World's Largest Sperm Bank

A proudly redheaded Julianne Moore

Redheads just don't get enough respect. The situation has reached the point of a possible genetic crisis. The world's largest sperm bank, according to a story in the UK newspaper The Telegraph,  has effectively shut its doors to redheads. The Danish bank's owner cited a lack of demand for carrot tops and other varieties of red hair. The exception is Ireland, which apparently welcomes the otherwise pariah sperm.

Meanwhile, business is apparently brisk at the sperm bank: its filled to the brim with "donations," to the tune of 70 litres of potential humanity.

PS. Thanks to redhead Janice D'Arcy, who blogged about this today in her On Parenting blog in the Washington Post.

More UK Women Travel to Denmark for Sperm

You can't make this stuff up. The BBC reported that an increasing number of UK women are traveling to Denmark to get inseminated.

Why has the country of Hamlet and Horatio become the British destination of choice for sperm? Two reasons, according to the brief BBC story. First, Danish men are legally permitted to anonymously donate jizz. Second, British men have to identify themselves if they provide sperm for procreative purposes.

Left unsaid was a possible third reason: perhaps British women just feel something for Danish guys. Call it the "Hamlet Effect."