{"id":214235,"date":"2020-09-29T08:03:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T08:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214235"},"modified":"2020-10-01T05:46:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T05:46:55","slug":"dad-sued-ivf-clinic-for-using-super-human-sperm-to-help-gay-couples-and-single-mums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=214235","title":{"rendered":"Dad sued IVF clinic for using ‘super human sperm’ to help gay couples and single mums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phil Cardy and Jez Hemming \u2013 The Daily Star Sept 27, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n

A father-of-three whose “superman-strength” sperm helped gay couples and singles mums conceive is suing the IVF clinic that administered it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Neil Gaskell, who conceived three kids through IVF with his partner, said the births of nine children to same sex couples went against his direct wishes.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said his decision had nothing to do with “bigotry” or “discrimination” – he just wanted children conceived from his sperm to have a mother and father.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Gaskell said he also found out there were also four children born to heterosexual couples meaning he had 13 children he never knew about, reports the Sunday Mirror<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

He eventually settled on a five-figure payout from the clinic but accepted his views could be seen as “divisive”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Gaskell, 49, launched the legal bid, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, after CARE Fertility Clinic contacted him six years later to say “mistakes may have been made”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has since faced criticism from same-sex parents and single mums, with one calling his decision to sue \u201cdiscriminatory\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

By donating his sperm Mr Gaskell and his partner received discount on their IVF treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, when he filled in his consent form for his donation, he specified it was “not for same sex couples”.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: “It\u2019s not about discrimination, it\u2019s not about bigotry.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I accept some people will find it uncomfortable but I wanted any children born from my sperm to have a mother and a father.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I accept what I said will be divisive, but these children are what matters the most. A lot of people will strongly agree with me, a lot will strongly disagree, but my concern is for the kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t want them being questioned. I didn\u2019t want people making comments like \u2018Where\u2019s your dad?\u2019 or \u2018Why do you have two mums?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

“It takes a man and a woman to create a child. You can\u2019t argue with millions of years of biology.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Gaskell was left furious after finding out about all the children he had fathered without his consent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neil Gaskell claims his stand has nothing to do with bigotry but because the clinic went against his wishes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=214235"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214305,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214235\/revisions\/214305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=214235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=214235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=214235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}