Sperm donors have parental rights in New Zealand? I don't know what this man's problem might be, but, I doubt sincerely the families receiving his sperm are counting on his presence in the children's lives.
Alabama politician Bill Johnson caught in sperm donation scandal in New Zealand (click here)
Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011, 8:49 PM
Updated: Monday, December 12, 2011, 12:18 PM
Bill Johnson, a former top state official who made a failed bid for governor in 2010, has been living a secret life in New Zealand as a sperm donor for lesbian couples, a New Zealand newspaper reported today.
Johnson, a Republican from Prattville, has spent much of the past year in Christchurch, New Zealand, as a contractor working on the recovery effort from a deadly earthquake that struck the city in February....
The heartbroken wife of a politician (click here) who secretly acted as a sperm donor behind her back says he has left her to be with babies conceived with other women.
Speaking from her home in the United States, Kathy Johnson says her husband Bill has returned to live in New Zealand where he donated sperm to at least 10 women without her knowledge.
"He wants me to move over there. He's not coming back.
"I will not chase him to the other side of the world so he can be a part-time father to children he created with other women."
Mrs Johnson, a two-time Mrs America finalist with three children from a former relationship, says the first baby is a girl and due to arrive this month. There are at least two others, also girls, who are due in June and July, she says.
Mr Johnson began donating sperm after arriving in New Zealand in May to work on Christchurch earthquake recovery. He created an online persona "chchbill" on unofficial websites for those seeking sperm donors....
...Mr Johnson, who could not be contacted, said at the time the desire to father a child was "a need that I have". "Reproduction and having children is as basic a human need as eating," he said in December.
His actions caused concerns in the fertility medicine community which has guidelines restricting donations to no more than four families and regulating donations to fertility clinics.
It has also led Mrs Johnson to campaign for a law change in the United States which would make it illegal for men in long-term relationships to donate sperm without their partner's knowledge.
Mr Johnson returned to Alabama in the United States after news broke in December of his activities. He left Alabama just after Easter to be in Christchurch for when the babies start arriving....
