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sperm donor

American  
[spurm doh-ner] / ˈspɜrm ˌdoʊ nər /

noun

  • sperm donors
    plural
  1. a person who donates their sperm to enable others to become pregnant.


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Nik said the couple felt "blindsided" by the fact that their sperm donor could withdraw consent at that stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Rachel selected an anonymous Danish sperm donor on the Cryos website.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Now, after 13 years of uncertainty, Rachel and Jonah's DNA tests indicate that he is her biological son, but that Ditto was not the sperm donor.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

"It's absolutely scandalous," said one of the mothers, Rachel, who recently learned that she received the wrong sperm donor from the clinic.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

He doesn’t truly fit the role of a father in my perspective, so I refer to him as my sperm donor.

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