36-year-old Trent Arsenault is the father of 14 children. Mr. Arsenault is also a virgin. How did this happen? Arsenault claims that he feels it is his duty to help childless couples by supplying them with sperm free of charge, and that he has devoted all of his sexual energy to this mission. He has coined the term “donorsexual” to describe his activities. The Food and Drug Administration has ordered him to cease and desist.
Does this mean that Mr. Arsenault is on the hook for child support for the 14 offspring he has helped create? Under Texas law, that would turn on whether Arsenault falls within the definition of a “donor”. Texas Family Code Sec. 160.702 says that a donor is not a parent of a child conceived by assisted reproduction. A “donor” is a man who provides sperm to a licensed physician to be used for assisted reproduction. If Mr. Arsenault provided his “donations” directly to the couples he is helping, then he may have a legal problem.
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Huffington Post article can be found here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/trent-arsenault-donorsexual-sperm-donor-video_n_1251595.html?ref=weird-news
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