Word: donors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years as the result of radiation exposure, Manhattan Internist John M. Prutting, 56, was hardly pleased last fall when Mrs. Prutting, 35, gave birth to her first child. Without his consent or knowledge, says the doctor, Mrs. Prutting conceived her child by A.I.D. (artificial insemination by a donor). Predictably, Prutting is now suing for divorce on the only ground New York permits-adultery. Unpredictably, his suit poses a curious legal riddle, and a jury must now tackle the key issue: Does A.I.D. constitute adultery...
...adultery," the plaintiff husband in a divorce suit is still in trouble. If he consented, his wife may claim "condonation" (his tacit forgiveness), which usually bars divorce. If he did not consent, he may still be unable to prove that A.I.D. ever took place: he does not know the donor, his wife has a right to silence, and the doctor may not be allowed to testify if she objects. As a result, the husband faces the difficult job of proving that he actually was sterile nine months before the birth of his wife's child...
...consent or not, A.I.D. children are born illegitimate; yet the same courts have managed to give the children all the rights of ordinary children by finding roundabout ways to rule that they have, in effect, been made legitimate. There is even more uncertainty, say some lawyers, about whether the donor himself can be made to support a child. Some state laws hold that every child is the responsibility of its "natural parents"-which in A.I.D. cases means mother and donor. If sustained, those laws might rapidly diminish the supply of willing donors...
...examination without a wife's knowledge or consent? Can he be charged with a sex offense? Should a woman whose husband is not sterile be permitted to use A.I.D. because she desires a child of what she hopes is "better stock" than her husband's? Since one donor is capable of fathering 30 children per donation, how can the law prevent incest between siblings sired by the same donor? (A doctor's privileged knowledge once headed off just such a marriage.) If records are kept, how public can they be without hurting the children...
...anonymous donor contributed $500,000 to the fund on the condition that the fund drive be completed by November, 1967. The rest of the first million dollars came from foundations and private sources...