Sperm donor fathered 15 children without telling mothers about incurable genetic condition

A SPERM donor fathered 15 children to gay women without telling them he suffers from an incurable genetic condition. Fragile X syndrome is inheritable and leads to low IQ and developmental delay. A Family Court judge has taken the rare step of naming James MacDougall to stop other women using him as a donor. MacDougall, […]

A SPERM donor fathered 15 children to gay women without telling them he suffers from an incurable genetic condition.

Fragile X syndrome is inheritable and leads to low IQ and developmental delay.

A Family Court judge has taken the rare step of naming James MacDougall to stop other women using him as a donor.

MacDougall, 37, advertised private donations on social media, knowing his condition would stop him going through a clinic.

He initially signed an agreement saying he did not want contact with some of the children.

He then asked the courts to force the women to give him time with four of the tots, aged up to three. Mrs Justice Lieven, sitting at Derby, denied him parental responsibility.

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