woman gives up baby and sues after finding out sperm donor lied about ethnicity, education

[Demovictory9]

A woman in Japan who thought the man she commissioned as a sperm donor was also from Japan, and educated at an elite university, was distressed to find out that wasn't the case—facts she found out when she was already pregnant and it was too late to have an abortion. Vice reports she had the baby, gave it up for adoption, and is now suing the donor for $2.9 million in a case that's shining a spotlight on Japan's illicit sperm-trade industry.

Per the Tokyo Shimbun, the woman, said to be in her 30s, wanted to have a second child, but after finding out her husband had a genetic disease, she decided to seek out a sperm donor online. She found one—a man who claimed he was Japanese and a graduate of Kyoto University. The two had sex 10 times before she became pregnant in June 2019, after which she found out the truth: The man was actually Chinese, had attended a different college, and was married. She handed over the baby to a "child welfare facility" after it was born.

https://www.newser.com/story/315671/mom-makes-drastic-move-after-learning-of-sperm-donors-lies.html

A Japanese woman gave up her baby after finding out the sperm donor she used had lied to her about his marital status, ethnicity and educational background. She is now suing the donor—a first for the country.

The woman, who has only been identified as a 30-year-old woman from Tokyo, said she and her husband wanted to try for a second child but began looking for a sperm donor through a membership exchange site (SNS) after they discovered he had a hereditary condition.


The woman found a sperm donor in his 20's on social media who claimed he graduated from one of the top universities in Japan and that he was Japanese. He also told the woman he was single. The woman and donor reportedly had sex 10 times in order to get pregnant and in June 2019 the two were successful, Tokyo Shimbun reported.



But later she found out the donor was actually a Chinese national who was indeed married and did not graduate from Kyoto University as he claimed.


By the time she learned this information, it was too late to receive an abortion and she gave birth to the baby. Japanese media reported the baby is now in the care of a child care facility in Tokyo.

https://www.newsweek.com/woman-gives-child-sues-sperm-donor-she-met-online-lying-about-education-ethnicity-1668550https://www.newsweek.com/woman-gives-child-sues-sperm-donor-she-met-online-lying-about-education-ethnicity-1668550

[LisaL]

1. There is so much wrong with this story.

Where does one start?

[LisaL]

2. There is so much wrong with this story.

Where does one start?

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Discomfiting Story

The liar is an ass.
But, it's still her natural child.
The ethnicity & the prestige of the school meant that much?
Seems weird.

[LiberatedUSA]

31. Maybe karma...

…will have the baby have a super high IQ.

[Wingus Dingus]

4. Had sex with a married man ten times while also married? That's not sperm donation, that's an

affair.

[Demovictory9]

5. Japan doesn't have sperm donation banks

[LisaL]

7. You can still collect it.

NT

[Wingus Dingus]

9. They don't have turkey baster technology in Japan?

[qazplm135]

12. it's in it's infancy

pun intended.

Yeah, this whole story reeks.

[LisaL]

6. Yep. The guy is not a "sperm donor." He is the father.

NT

[Wingus Dingus]

13. Yeah, this sounds like an affair gone wrong, or a

a very icky private arrangement gone wrong. Neither party sounds mentally stable.

[Tickle]

17. that being the case

he could have taken his own child instead of adoption. He was a willing participant I think

[Pachamama]

8. Sperm donor?

A sperm donor is someone who donates their sperm to a sperm bank or fertility clinic that also does background checks. If they falsify the info provided on the donation or were negligent that would be a reason to sue them for negligence.

This was an affair between two married people. She had sex with him and didn’t do her due diligence.

Giving up a child that she carried and is her child…because it doesn’t contain the half she wanted?

This story isnt giving all the facts. I am willing to bet she will lose her case and there is more details missing.

[MineralMan]

10. How strange and sad. That baby got half of its genes

from that woman. Her misplaced racism caused her to give away her own child. Perhaps the infant is lucky not to have her as a mother.

Feh!

[Arkansas Granny]

14. My thoughts, as well. It sounds like she wanted a specimen, not a baby.

[MustLoveBeagles]

20. Agreed

Though "dad" is also no prize.

[Nevilledog]

24. +1

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. I can't root for anyone in this scenario

They all sound nuts. The only one I feel sorry for is the baby.

[MLAA]

11. Hmmm a Chinese National and after sex 10 times she wasn't able to discern this

either from appearance, accent etc. Anything is possible, but it’s also possible she was caught having an affair.

[maxsolomon]

15. His Japanese was impeccable!

He even made love like a Japanese man. What's a gal to do?

[MLAA]

19. Exactly...oh wait...maybe he was a shape shifter!

[MustLoveBeagles]

21. That's what I wondered too

Wouldn't she have noticed that as soon as she saw him? Something doesn't add up.

[Disaffected]

16. One big question:

How much did hub know and when did he know it??

[pandr32]

18. This is horrible

Regardless of who the father is "the woman" is the mother. The "sperm donor" and "the woman" had intercourse multiple times. Apparently she was unable to discern his ethnicity and education level. This makes me get why she wanted a "sperm donor" with a degree from a top university because her intelligence level is not very high.
Perhaps her husband is behind this. He must have agreed to the set-up under the criteria set and now feels his wife had an extramarital affair with a man he looks down on.

[Victor_c3]

22. A Chinese man sued his wife for giving birth to an ugly kid

Apparently, the woman had a bunch of plastic surgery before they met. She didn't disclose this to him and they had a kid.

https://kdvr.com/news/chinese-man-sues-wins-120000/

Kind of similar, I guess

[Totally Tunsie]

25. From your linked article:

EDITOR’S NOTE: This original story was sourced to MSN, who has since deleted their story. According to Snopes.com, this story has since been identified as a hoax.

[Victor_c3]

26. ooops

I read the story a while back, did a quick search just now, and copied the link and posted it without re-reading the article again.

Busted!

[Totally Tunsie]

28. All is forgiven.

No DU jail for you.

[Hugin]

23. That's what you get when you do your own research online.

What?

[Yandex]

29. Everyone has the right to reproduce with whoever they want

as long as lawful age and consent requirements are met. She was very reckless, and the bio dad was near a criminal if not actually one.

[iemanja]

30. What a horrible woman

She's the equivalent of a white supremacist in the US, as well as a sociopath. It's probably for the best that the baby isn't saddled with such a mother.