Women Under 25 Turn To Online Sperm Donors After Giving Up On Love

First Posted: 10/10/11 15:01 BST Updated: 10/12/11 10:12 GMT

Online Sperm Donor Rise Among Young Women

Women as young as 18 years old are signing up to online sperm donors after feeling frustrated with their search for ‘Mr. Right’, according to a recent poll.

The research by The Sunday Times, found that young women in their early twenties make up a quarter of members on sites such as babydonor.com and co-parent-search.com.

Deciding to literally cut out the middle man and become a single parent by choice, experts worry that these women are risking their health by purchasing unscreened sperm online, outside of a licensed clinic.

These recent findings coincide with previous research, which found that women under 25 made up one to two per cent of women checking into fertility clinics.

“Now there is an emphasis on women waiting until the time is right to have children,” Professor of women and gender at Warwick University told the Daily Mail.

“Even though these women are young, they believe that they have the support structure and feel emotionally and financially independent: for them it is the right time.”

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Women as young as 18 years old are signing up to online sperm donors after feeling frustrated with their search for ‘Mr. Right’, according to a recent poll. The research by The Sunday Times, fo...
Women as young as 18 years old are signing up to online sperm donors after feeling frustrated with their search for ‘Mr. Right’, according to a recent poll. The research by The Sunday Times, fo...
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04:47 AM on 10/11/2011
FSDW (Free Sperm Donations Worldwide) do not tend to have the young single girls as they dont want to pay for a membership to the secure member's only area ($20 a month or so) and also as FSDW donors are fairly particular about who they donate to. Theyd more often than not be turned down. Many would-be-mums talking of being interviewed by them- regarding the life their bio child will likely have, even if they are not actively parenting. It often comes as a bit of a shock to women who dont realise that donors will care about what happens to the child etc.
Most of the single women who join are over 30

The women mentioned in this article may feel that they are financially and emotionally stable enough to be raising a child alone but FSDW donors will want to know more than that. They understand how hard it can be to be a single mother and dont want the child to suffer because of that. They are also often unaware of the research relating to DC children- who speak of their frustration at not knowing of their biological father. Over 80% want to contact the biological father, and yet many of these young ladies havent considered this- only what they want. Now.

You can read more free info about DC children on the 'Children Deserve to Know Where They Come From' campaign site.

Emma Hartnell-Baker
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02:53 AM on 10/14/2011
What makes you think young single girls wouldn't pay $20? How do you know who the donors would and wouldn't donate too? You are trying to say there are no women in there 20's are on your site? if so you what would you do? I think it shouldn't matter about the persons age. Its up to the donor and that person. Who is anybody to say who should they donate to and not. And you said your site is ai only? If they are looking for a known donor wouldn't it be best that they be on a site that promotes that only then a site that has ni donors?
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07:15 PM on 10/10/2011
I'm guessing no one told them how great single the life is...