Sperm donation is used when the man in a relationship has no sperm or the sperm is genetically abnormal. It may be donated through a sperm bank or fertility clinic. The female may be inseminated by either artificial insemination or in vitro fertilisation. Once both partners sign a consent, both parents will become the legal parents of the child and the legal standing of a child born by sperm donation is identical to a child born after “normal” fertilization.
