{"id":1800693,"date":"2023-01-10T07:49:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800693"},"modified":"2023-01-10T07:50:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T12:50:36","slug":"meet-the-donor-conceived-comedian-who-wants-everyone-to-know-how-corrupt-and-unethical-big-fertility-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-donor-conceived-comedian-who-wants-everyone-to-know-how-corrupt-and-unethical-big-fertility-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Donor-Conceived Comedian Who Wants Everyone To Know How Corrupt And Unethical Big Fertility Is"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fmeet-the-donor-conceived-comedian-who-wants-everyone-to-know-how-corrupt-and-unethical-big-fertility-is%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=1800693&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-->\n<p>Laura High felt different growing up. It wasn\u2019t until she was 14 years old, when her father disclosed that she was conceived using purchased sperm, that her suspicions she was born an outlier were confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was like seeing the matrix. It was like everything makes sense now. I knew something was weird. I knew something was off. I was always wondering if I was switched at birth,\u201d High shared his views with The Federalist. \u201cAnd that\u2019s a common experience for a lot of donor-conceived people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>High didn\u2019t pay much attention to the details of her conception when she first learned the news, but it wasn\u2019t long before the New York City-based stand-up comedian wanted to review her heritage in depth. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt 19, I started having questions because I started talking to my friends about it. And I think one of my friends even brought up, \u2018Are you ever worried about health?\u2019\u201d High. <\/p>\n<p>That led High on a long journey of discovery that didn\u2019t just pique her interest, but ultimately led to a peak in her comedy career. <\/p>\n<p> The Acorn Doesn\u2019t Fall Far from the Tree <\/p>\n<p>High, then 19, decided that she wanted to learn more about her biological father. The first thing she did was to contact the doctor who had assisted her parents in their divorce decades ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe told me: \u2018Your donor was anonymous. So even if I knew who he was, I couldn\u2019t tell you who it was. But I don\u2019t even know who it is because he came from a clinic, and that clinic burned to the ground along with all your papers. So I can\u2019t even tell you your history. But I can tell you your donor is completely healthy,\u2019\u201d High recounted.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor\u2019s lack of interest in helping her uncover her familial roots left High wondering if she was the victim of a malicious DNA swap \u2014 similar to the one featured in the fertility fraud documentary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=phQxK5u8IEs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cOur Father,\u201d<\/a> whereby a fertility doctor habitually used his own sperm instead of other donors\u2019 to father some 94 (and counting) offspring, raising a slew of ethical and potential inbreeding problems \u2014 by her parents\u2019 doctor.<\/p>\n<p>High decided to discover her family&#8217;s genetic history, and she used Ancestry DNA to do so. That\u2019s when she stumbled across the cousin of her biological father. High eventually connected with her half-siblings, who were also conceived using purchased biological matter. <\/p>\n<p>High and her half siblings were astonished to discover they were all one. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmorningamerica.com\/family\/story\/woman-brain-tumor-fights-medical-records-sperm-donor-86706731#:~:text=Laura%20High%20has%20a%20tumor,search%20for%20her%20biological%20father.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Similar genetic medical issues have plagued others<\/a> They <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraHigh5\/status\/1556264958396096513?s=20&#038;t=7Zv55p7QmBWnR3i_3WejVg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Suspect strongly<\/a> They were inherited from their biological dad. It was impossible to prove their existence without records or verification from their biological father. <\/p>\n<p>That was frustrating for High \u2014 and it signaled that this industry, which masquerades as a way for adults who dream of becoming parents to make that a reality, was a nightmare for many. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We are literal walking pieces of evidence. 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