A state appeals court ruled that a verbal agreement between a woman and her sperm donor was invalid, and ordered the man to pay child support for the woman's twins.

It was hard to tell from the brief article, there may be more to it than that (I hope so), as it appears that the sperm donor and the mother of the twins actually had an affair, but still, I would expect a ruling like this to cause some major tremors in the sperm donation business.

Anybody who is a sperm donor ought to understand that their identity could be made known to any child that's produced, and they could be seen by the courts as the best place to go to make sure the child has adequate financial support,' he said Friday.

Who in their right mind would donate, knowing that at any time in the future a woman that you've never seen before in your life, and never had any contact with, could be hitting you up for child support, whether or not you had an agreement of anonymity with the lab or doctor who did the procedure?

It's like being a blood donor and finding out that the person who received your blood during surgery died, so you're going to be charged with his death. Crazy.

CNN.com - Sperm donor must pay child support - Jul 23, 2004