Sperm Donor Ordered to Pay Child Support

From AP:

A state appeals court ruled that a verbal agreement between a woman and her sperm donor was invalid, and ordered the man to pay child support for the woman's twins.

The three-judge panel ruled Thursday that the deal between Joel McKiernan and Ivonne Ferguson -- in which McKiernan donated his sperm and would not be obligated to pay any support -- was unenforceable because of "legal, equitable and moral principles."

Despite an agreement that appeared to be a binding contract, the father is obligated to provide financial support, the court decided.

I don't agree with this whatsoever. If the woman wanted to have a child, entered into an agreement with a man to supply sperm (and sperm only) to accomplish that, I think she's the responsible party. This was a DUMB decision.

But I also happen to think that people procreate mindlessly, scratching an itch while giving little or no thought to what this means.