Prolific sperm donor with over 500 children must pay $110K if he donates again, court rules

A sperm donor who has fathered more than 500 children could now pay a fine of almost $110,000 if he donates again, a court ruled on Friday.

This week a Dutch court heard the case of 41-year-old Jonathan Jacob Meijer, who had promised mothers who wanted to use his sperm that he would stop donating to limit the risk of accidental incest, but donated nonetheless. continued to do The mother, Eva, who started the lawsuit, said Meijer had misled the women.

Eva filed her lawsuit, saying, “In conversations with the donor, several mothers have indicated that he should be weaned off, but nothing seems to help.” “Going to court is the only way to protect my child.”

Now, a judge has ruled that Meijer, originally from The Hague, must stop donating immediately and call any clinic where she has donated and request that they destroy her samples immediately. .

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The Evening Standard reported that the court ruled that “the interests of the donor children and their parents outweigh the donor’s interest in donating sperm to new potential parents” and ordered a fine of US$110,000 for breaking the ban. .

The decision was not given lightly, as the court felt that “conflicting fundamental rights” needed to be considered.

The picture shows an undated photo of Jonathan Jacob Meijer, 41, from the city of The Hague, Netherlands. He was accused of molesting hundreds of women around the world and fathering around 500 children. (CEN)

“On the one hand, the right to respect for the privacy of the parents and donor children … and on the other hand, the equal right of the donor.”

Meijer’s attorney explained that his client simply had a desire to help parents who otherwise could not conceive a child on their own.

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But the judge hearing the case said Meijer had violated Dutch law, which allows a single sperm donor to produce up to 25 children with 12 mothers. Meijer “deliberately lied” to prospective parents about his donation history.

“All these parents are now faced with the fact that the children in their families are part of a vast kinship network with hundreds of half-siblings that they did not choose,” the court said, stressing the potentially negative psychosocial consequences. Wrote while giving. Children.

Picture shows an undated photo of Jonathan Jacob Meijer, 41, of The Hague, Netherlands. He was accused of molesting hundreds of women around the world and fathering around 500 children. (CEN)

“Therefore it is in their interest not to extend this network of kinship,” the court said.

Eva welcomed the decision, saying she hoped it would lead to a ban on mass charity in other countries.

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“We must stand shoulder to shoulder with our children and defend them against this injustice,” he said in a statement.

When Meijer met with Eva, who selected him as a donor in 2018, she reportedly told him that he would stop when he reached the legal limit. She later learned that he had crossed that threshold long before meeting her.

Meijer may actually have fathered 102 children in the Netherlands, which prompted authorities to blacklist him from any other charity in 2017. (iStock)

Meijer may actually have fathered 102 children in the Netherlands, which prompted authorities to blacklist him from any further donations in 2017. Now living in Kenya, she continued to do charity work in other countries including Denmark and Ukraine.

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The Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology urged all sperm banks and clinics to stop using Meijer’s samples following his 2017 blacklisting, but they continued to offer his sperm “under the counter”, according to Euronews.