The heavy penalty incurred by a mother who broke the contract of a sperm bank

It turned out that the woman had herself studied the DNA and had practiced another with her daughter to know the origin of Zoe's ancestors in order to detect and prevent health problems . Through this badysis they could know the identity of the paternal grandmother.

But Teuscher went further and sent a message to the grandmother: "I do not want to go beyond the limits. I just want you to know that we are here and that we are open to contact you, if you wish"

"Excuse me, I do not understand your message," was the answer, after which Teuscher stopped trying a contact. However, the problem did not stop there: from the sperm bank, they asked him not to try another contact from the donor or "look for information about his identity" or that of his relatives.

In the note that the company sent him, he was also warned that if he violated again with the contract, they would apply a fine of 20 000 USD. He also said that Northwest Cryobank she would keep the four ampoules of semen from the same donor that she had already bought.

"I was shocked, I cried for several days, I was barely eating, I was almost ashamed," she said. CBS News. "I thought I was doing something good for my daughter, but I ended up feeling like I had done something terrible.as if I were a criminal, "he said.

"The concern arises when this badysis is used to contact the donor or his family," the news channel reported. He also badured that he would return to Teuscher the money of the four bulbs, but not the samples.