Oh my. The title of this article and synopsis caught my attention. Why would a court allow a man to sue a woman for emotional distress of her having his child? So, I clicked the link; you can too just click the title and it'll take you to the article. I'm pulling some quotes, so this is my view and not the article in it's entirety.

CHICAGO - An appeals court said a man can press a claim for emotional distress after learning a former lover had used his sperm to have a baby. But he can't claim theft, the ruling said, because the sperm were hers to keep.
Phillips accuses Dr. Sharon Irons of a "calculated, profound personal betrayal" after their affair six years ago, saying she secretly kept semen after they had oral sex, then used it to get pregnant.
He said he didn't find out about the child for nearly two years, when Irons filed a paternity lawsuit. DNA tests confirmed Phillips was the father, the court papers state.
Phillips was ordered to pay about $800 a month in child support, said Irons' attorney, Enrico Mirabelli.
Irons responded that her alleged actions weren't "truly extreme and outrageous" and that Phillips' pain wasn't bad enough to merit a lawsuit. The circuit court agreed and dismissed Phillips' lawsuit in 2003.
But the higher court ruled that, if Phillips' story is true, Irons "deceitfully engaged in sexual acts, which no reasonable person would expect could result in pregnancy, to use plaintiff's sperm in an unorthodox, unanticipated manner yielding extreme consequences."
The judges backed the lower court decision to dismiss the fraud and theft claims, agreeing with Irons that she didn't steal the sperm.
"She asserts that when plaintiff 'delivered' his sperm, it was a gift — an absolute and irrevocable transfer of title to property from a donor to a donee," the decision said. "There was no agreement that the original deposit would be returned upon request."
"There's a 5-year-old child here," Mirabelli said. "Imagine how a child feels when your father says he feels emotionally damaged by your birth."

I wonder, why is this man paying child support? You can't sue for child support for a child who was concieved from sperm obtained from a sperm bank. I don't see this as any different. He didn't have 'normal' sex with her that could possibly result in a pregnancy. He got a blowjob. There is no way this man should have to pay child support. I can only speculate why he's suing for 'emotional distress'. I think it's entirely possible he wants his child support money back. I cannot believe a court made him pay child support. What right did she have to use his sperm to have a child? Hell, what right did she have to tell her child who the father was. I mean, she didn't even tell the guy. She didn't slap him with child support until 2 years after the child was born. What right does she have to fuck with her kid's head about it? She's gotta know that since this made headlines, eventually her kid's going to find out she was lying. Nothing's been said about whether the guy wants the kid or anything. I can't form coherent thoughts about this. This is Outrageous. This pisses me off. The guy's not a deadbeat dad, he never consented to any form of sex that could result in pregnancy. Opinion on this anyone? |