State court: Dad has rights after turkey-baster pregnancy

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2015-04-22 03:15

Article here. Excerpt:

'A woman who used a turkey baster to impregnate herself is on the losing side of a legal battle over parental rights.

The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the child's biological father is more than a sperm donor and is entitled to be a part of his son's life.

The case hinged on an informal agreement between two longtime friends: a woman who wanted to get pregnant and a man willing to supply the sperm to make it happen. According to court filings, Joyce Rosemary Bruce impregnated herself with a turkey baster, believing that Robert Preston Boardwine would not have any parental rights — including a say in the boy's education and other decisions — because they did not have intercourse.

The appeals court said she was wrong.

"The path to fatherhood may have been unconventional," the court said, but it doesn't remove Boardwine's parental rights.'

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This guy was an idiot, but even idiots deserve their parental rights.

He donated his sperm in a container and handed it over to the women knowing that she was trying to impregnate herself and become a "single mother". My opinion is that the two had different versions of what "single motherhood" would be for the women. The women wanted total single motherhood with no benefits extended to the father, while the man thought the mother would have full custody and full legal and financial responsibility, but he would get benefits like being known as the father, attending school and sporting events and would h*ve a say in major decisions.

I am in favor of the court's ruling.

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Submitted by Kris on Wed, 2015-04-22 14:18