Robert Charles Albon claims to have fathered more than 180 children in several countries after advertising his sperm donation services under the name Joe Donor.

Jonathan Furness KC, sitting as a deputy high court judge, took the rare step of naming him as a parent in the family court as a warning to other women considering buying sperm from him.

In a written judgment he said it was in the public interest for Albon to be named, so “vulnerable women who are interested in such services should fully understand the risks of becoming involved with him”.

Albon, an American who lives in the north-east of England, took a same-sex couple to court demanding parental rights, including being named on the birth certificate of the child he had fathered with one of the women.

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    10 days ago

    I mean should be illegal from a genetic standpoint. The only good part is he did this in several countries. I wouldn’t want to accidently bang my half siblings. Which is actually why I entirely avoid my father race. Dude and his family non stop cheated and impregnated soo Many women. My uncle alone has 20+ kids and used to joke and be proud of the pump and dump. Too afraid to date until college. Thanks pos for ruining my dating pool.

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      Maybe it should be illegal, but that wasn’t the big problem here. The big problem here is that he was trying to take parental rights away from a queer couple that he donated the sperm to.

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        Lol just commented that on the side after reading the article hoping for an actual reason for this madness. It is total bs. Like on what grounds after donated unregulated to make 180 other kids he suddenly feels he needs to step in as a “father”.