good to the last drop

[Simon Bar Sinister]

one sperm donor, 150 kids...and growing: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.xml

[TitsMcGee]

There have actually been cases where donor half siblings have inadvertently met and fell in love without knowing they were related and wanted to get married, it wasn't until they went to get the blood test for the marriage license that they found out. There really does need to be regulation, you can't have that many kids from one donor, it's just not responsible.

[taysteewonderbunny]

There have actually been cases where donor half siblings have inadvertently met and fell in love without knowing they were related and wanted to get married, it wasn't until they went to get the blood test for the marriage license that they found out. There really does need to be regulation, you can't have that many kids from one donor, it's just not responsible.

Agreed. Besides, how closely are they following up on these donors? Can they be sure of, and provide, medical histories? In the case where both a sperm and an ovum are purchased, are they sure the donors aren't related?

[Tyger]

You have to have a blood test before marriage? O.o didnt know that...

[TitsMcGee]

You have to have a blood test before marriage? O.o didnt know that...

In some states you do, to make sure you don't have any STDs or horrible diseases

[shewolf1321]

blood test is required in Tennessee as my neighbor found out. wedding is tomorrow.

[taysteewonderbunny]

In some states you do, to make sure you don't have any STDs or horrible diseases

I think it's also an issue of blood type compatibility stemming from the fear that a pregnant woman with a negative blood type and a positive blood type fetus could have complications. I think.

[Tyger]

I think it's also an issue of blood type compatibility stemming from the fear that a pregnant woman with a negative blood type and a positive blood type fetus could have complications. I think.

Weird. Now a days they just give every female a shot in Canada that is to make sure nothing bad happened with the blood types. They said its "just in case" the father isn't the biological father... not a days they never know...

[TitsMcGee]

Weird. Now a days they just give every female a shot in Canada that is to make sure nothing bad happened with the blood types. They said its "just in case" the father isn't the biological father... not a days they never know...

A Blood Test

Some states make couples intending to get married get a blood test as one of their marriage license requirements. This is becoming a less common requirement, but it still exists in many states. Here is a list of states requiring blood tests:

District of Columbia, Mississippi, Montana, New York (only for sickle cell in African and Hispanic American applicants)

http://family.findlaw.com/marriage/marriage-laws/marriage-blood-test.html