{"id":1498157,"date":"2022-05-31T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498157"},"modified":"2022-05-31T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T16:45:16","slug":"sperm-donor-with-genetic-low-iq-syndrome-fathered-15-children-without-telling-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sperm-donor-with-genetic-low-iq-syndrome-fathered-15-children-without-telling-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm Donor With Genetic Low-IQ Syndrome Fathered 15 Children Without Telling Mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsperm-donor-with-genetic-low-iq-syndrome-fathered-15-children-without-telling-mothers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1498157&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A British man with a genetic syndrome that causes low IQ and learning disabilities fathered 15 children with women to whom he had not disclosed his condition, according to new reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJames MacDougall, 37, fathered children with lesbian women through private donations advertised on social media despite knowing he had incurable Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder that leads to low IQ and developmental delay,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/05\/31\/sperm-donor-fathered-15-never-shared-he-has-genetic-disease\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The man\u2019s identity came out during court proceedings in Derby, United Kingdom, where he had applied for \u201cparental responsibility and child arrangement orders for four of his children \u2014 even though he originally signed an agreement saying he didn\u2019t want contact with some of his children.\u00a0The mothers of the children were opposed to the applications,\u201d the Post reported.<\/p>\n<p>Derby Court Judge Justice Nathalie Lieven named MacDougall \u201cto stop other women from using him as a sperm donor and ruled he should not have any responsibility for the children as it would cause them harm,\u201d the paper said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a very specific benefit in his being named in the hope that women will look him up on the internet and see this judgment,\u201d the judge said after refusing his lawyer\u2019s request for anonymity. \u201cThe usual approach of anonymity in the Family Courts should not be used as a way for parents to behave in an unacceptable manner and then hide behind the cloak of anonymity,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n<p>His parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10870429\/Family-sperm-donor-fathered-15-children-say-kind-hearted.html\">told<\/a> the Daily Mail that their son had donated sperm because he\u2019s \u201ckind hearted\u201d and \u201cwould do anything for anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u201cHe wanted to be part of their lives, he wanted to see his children,\u201d June MacDougall told the UK paper. \u201cHe is kind hearted and would do anything for anybody but he is gullible. He just wanted to help those people, help those women in a gay relationship fulfill their dreams and become parents. He didn\u2019t seek any money, as far as we are aware, for providing that service, he just did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had never had children of his own in a conventional relationship but he has fathered 15 in a different relationship as a sperm donor. That was his choice, and although it was shocking at first, we support his decision,\u201d his mother said, adding that her son is a \u201cvictim of those girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MacDougall had advertised on a Facebook page for lesbian women seeking sperm donors.<\/p>\n<p>The judge forbade MacDougall from applying for parental rights for at least the next three years, \u201cbecause of his complete lack of insight into his conduct, and because it would be traumatizing to the mothers, and said he should be named to stop other women from using him as a sperm donor,\u201d The Mirror <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/sperm-donor-fathered-15-kids-27107007\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British man with a genetic syndrome that causes low IQ and learning disabilities fathered 15 children with women to whom he had not disclosed his condition, according to new reports. \u201cJames MacDougall, 37, fathered children with lesbian women through private donations advertised on social media despite knowing he had incurable Fragile X syndrome, a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":1498238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1498157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1498238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1498157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1498157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1498157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}