Who's Your Daddy?

May, 2009

A SPERM DONOR'S LIFE HAS BECOME AWFULLY COMPLICATEDIn 1979 a sperm donor entered a small room with erotic magazines at the back of a staff lunchroom at Baylor Medi­cal Center. He ejaculated into a plastic cup, opened a small door in the wall and pushed a buzzer. The cup spun out of sight, with $50 in an envelope returning in its place. Like other men in his position, the donor probably spent the money taking his girlfriend to dinner, getting high or—if he was a frequent enough donor—paying tuiti...