Sperm banks, artificial insemination, etc., etc.

Do you have any moral objection to men donating sperm, or women who seek to become impregnated via artificial insemination? Men, would you ever donate sperm? Women, if you found yourself single, and wanting a(nother) child, would you consider being inseminated?

I don't see anything wrong with men donating sperm or woman being artificially inseminated. I personally would not do artificial insemination, though, if I wanted a child, because, although someday I may want a child, I never want to be pregnant. It would be nine months of pure hell, not to mention the actual childbirth.

I wouldn't consider AI if I were single. I'd adopt. There are plenty of children who need good homes in the world. If my husband and I couldn't have children, maybe I'd consider AI, but I'd still look into adoption, too. There was a lady in our daycare who had a daughter through AI. Poor kid was mildly Downs Syndrome, only the Mom didn't know it. The Mom was a real twit and ALWAYS baby-talked to this girl, which would explain some of her language delays. She treated the staff like imbeciles, too. This one time, she was worried that the little girl had hit her doll and proceeded to have a very long conversation with me, spelling out every second or third word slowly, so that her daughter couldn't understand. M-a-r-i-l-l-a was h-i-t-t-i-n-g her d-o-l-l. I'm w-o-r-r-i-e-d about her h-i-t-t-i-n-g her d-o-l-l. I didn't know what to do so I told her to s-t-o-p h-i-t-t-i-n-g her d-o-l-l..." and so on for an agonizing 5 minutes, basically repeating the same thign over and over and over, spelling out what seemed like all of the words over 5 letters long. It was SO annoying, but Mom wasn't playing with a full deck, either. that really turned me off AI as a single parent, but I know she's the exception. friends of mine tried AI because they couldn't conceive together and they have a wonderful baby boy. As a single parent, though, I'd prefer to adopt than try AI.

If I were a childless 40 year old woman and who was single, then I may would consider it. But it would honestly be a last resort or far fetched option. I would probably even weigh just letting the prospect of motherhood go against it. I see nothing wrong with artificial insemination, but it's so convoluted that I don't know if I'd be interested in ardently pursuing it.

If I had some lesbian friend, or habitually single female friend, who was desperate for a child I would consider donating if they asked, but I wouldn't randomly donate to a sperm bank. I'm not comfortable with the prospect of having descendants I'd never know about

If it was someone I knew than I might consider doing it but I would have to know all of the circumstances involved. Its a tough decision because I probably would be curious about the child.