3 Legal Facts Sperm Donors Need to Know

What are the Legal Facts I Need to Know as a Sperm Donor?

If you are a genuine male and looking to donate sperm we have thousands of women waiting for your help. Lesbian singles/couples and heterosexual Women who have maybe not found Mr Right or don’t want a relationship are looking for sperm donors to help them become a parent.

3 Simple Legal Facts if you are Thinking about Becoming a Sperm Donor:

1) If you donate your sperm through a fertility clinic you will not be classed as the child’s legal father and will not have parental responsibility.

2) If you donate to a single woman via home insemination you are very likely to have legal parental responsibility to the child. The woman who is carrying the baby can choose either the sperm donor or the partner to be named on the birth certificate.

3) If you donate to a married couple (lesbian or heterosexual) via home insemination there is a chance that you could have legal parental responsibility to the child. However in most cases if the woman who is giving birth is married the couple are automatically protected and the partner will be legally classed as a parent.

Women are Searching for Your Sperm Right Now!

Women are increasingly looking to start a familyby sperm donation and are right here on this website searching for a sperm donor. You can help to make a huge difference in someone’s life, so if you are over 18 years old, are a genuine, responsible male with no genetic disorders and want to help someone then register with Co-ParentMatch.com

Why should I donate sperm?

If you are thinking about becoming a sperm donor you should examine your motives for donating.
Some men choose to donate sperm to help others create a family, some men like the thought of becoming a father without the worry of raising a child and others do it for money.

You may ask yourself why you are thinking about it and how long you have been considering becoming a donor.

If you are donating through a sperm bank there are the intake process for donors is very strict.

Donors who are not accepted

Many sperm banks do not accept the following donors:

Men with ginger hair
Men less than 6ft tall
Men who have ethnicity other than Caucasian
Drug users
Men who have led promiscuous lives
Men who are adopted
Men who have no school qualifications

How do I become sperm donor?

If you are interested in donating sperm you can register on an introductory site such as co-parentmatch.com or register with a sperm bank or fertility clinic. If you donate sperm through co-parentmatch you will meet your recipient face-to-face and agree one or more options for donating sperm including the following:

Artificial Insemination

Artificial Insemination means that you would donate through a fertility clinic or sperm bank and your recipient would receive IVF or IUI treatment.

Home Insemination means you would be required to ejaculate into a sterile specimen cup in order for your recipient to insert the sperm into her vagina using a sterile syringe.

Natural Insemination

Natural Insemination (NI) – Some people prefer to try to conceive ‘the old fashioned way’. This is down to the discretion of individual members however we strongly urge both donors and recipients to insist on health screening and fertility test results. NI is something that both donor and recipient must fully agree on and if you feel a member is putting inappropriate pressure on you then you should report them immediately.

Sperm Bank or Fertility Clinic? - by donating through a sperm bank you will automatically receive both health screening tests and fertility tests checking the quantity and quality of your sperm. Most sperm banks will have a comfortable private room with a selection of magazines and DVD’s to ‘encourage’ you to produce your sample. Your sperm will then be frozen for 6 months and undergo freeze/thaw testing before it can be passed fit for insemination.

For all of the above methods you should have fully health screening and have received fertility test results prior to any insemination.

WHat is the Health Screening for Sperm Donors?

For a full explanation of the screening process visit our health screening page

Will I get paid for donating sperm?

1) At a Sperm Bank

How much money do I get?

A sperm donor will receive £35 per donation in the UK to $100 per donation in the USA. Fees vary depending on which sperm bank you are donating at.

When do I get the money?

You will usually receive half payment when you are at the clinic donating and the other half when your sperm samples are removed from quarantine (between 6-12 months).