Tahlia Bleier in the Media
‘What makes a father?’: the sperm donor who asked the courts to answer this question tells his story
It was a landmark legal ruling with potentially dramatic ramifications for sperm donors, and the women who use them to have children. The man behind this case tells why he took his battle to the High Court.
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Sperm donation and parenthood
Susan Parsons and Robert Masson, as they are known in court proceedings, had been friends for more than 15 years when they decided to conceive a child together in late 2006 using artificial insemination. Susan’s partner of a few months, Margaret, was present for the procedure but their relationship was not yet at the stage where it was recognised as de facto.
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Australian court rules sperm donor is legal father
An Australian sperm donor is the father of an 11-year-old girl because it was understood he would be involved in her life, the nation’s top court has ruled. The man had fought to stop the girl’s biological mother and her wife from moving to New Zealand with the child.
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Australian sperm donor wins legal battle to be recognised as father
“Those are not the facts of this case,” it added. The ruling could affect thousands of couples and single women whose children were conceived with known sperm donors. Family and fertility lawyer Stephen Page said the decision was a “sensible” one but could have far-reaching implications. “It’s removing …
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