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Pa. Sperm Donor Wins Child Support Case
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jan 03, 2008 05:37pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Thursday, January 3, 2008 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | (CBS/AP) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that a woman who promised a sperm donor he would not have to pay child support cannot renege on the deal.
The 3-2 decision overturns lower court rulings under which Joel L. McKiernan had been paying up to $1,500 a month to support twin boys born in August 1994 to Ivonne V. Ferguson, his former girlfriend and co-worker.
"Where a would-be donor cannot trust that he is safe from a future support action, he will be considerably less likely to provide his sperm to a friend or acquaintance who asks, significantly limiting a would-be mother's reproductive prerogatives," Justice Max Baer wrote in the majority opinion issued last week.
Arthur Caplan, chairman of the Department of Medical Ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, said the decision runs counter to the pattern established by similar cases, where the interests of the progeny have generally been given great weight.
"It sounds like the Pennsylvania court is trying to push a little harder into the brave new world of sperm, egg and embryo donation as it's evolving," Caplan said. |
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