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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 05:20 PM Dec 2011

Alabama politician Bill Johnson caught in sperm donation scandal in New Zealand

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Bill Johnson, a former top state official who made a failed bid for governor in 2010, has been living a secret life in New Zealand as a sperm donor for lesbian couples, a New Zealand newspaper reported today.

Johnson, a Republican from Prattville, has spent much of the past year in Christchurch, New Zealand, as a contractor working on the recovery effort from a deadly earthquake that struck the city in February.

The New Zealand Herald reported in its Sunday edition that Johnson, who is married, has been using an alias to meet women who want help getting pregnant. The newspaper said it confirmed at least nine women had received sperm donations from Johnson, and at least three were pregnant.

The newspaper cited fertility medicine specialists in New Zealand who said that donors should not make sperm available to more than four families, to prevent accidental incest and lessen the stress donors and children face if they meet.
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http://blog.al.com/live/2011/12/alabama_politician_caught_in_s.html

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Alabama politician Bill Johnson caught in sperm donation scandal in New Zealand (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 OP
Imagine the horror of knowing your donor was a Republican! rfranklin Dec 2011 #1
Onan The Barbarian. nt Are_grits_groceries Dec 2011 #2
Gay rights supporter in the closet? macbug Aug 2012 #3
Well, donating sperm for gay women..THAT would be a problem dixiegrrrrl Aug 2012 #4
LOLing at the mention of the Appalachian Trail... KRansome83 Mar 2013 #5
uh oh wet.hen88 Apr 2013 #6
Donating via sex? Screwing the lesbian out? TheDeputy Sep 2013 #7
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
1. Imagine the horror of knowing your donor was a Republican!
Mon Dec 12, 2011, 05:42 PM
Dec 2011

That's worse than finding out your mother was your father's sister.

macbug

(22 posts)
3. Gay rights supporter in the closet?
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:04 AM
Aug 2012

He seems to be a good canidate to join the democratic party. So was he afraid of his wife finding out, or the conserative christians he got donations from. With the hypocracy in the republican party these days, I find nothing noteworthy in his behaviour.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
4. Well, donating sperm for gay women..THAT would be a problem
Sun Aug 19, 2012, 11:11 AM
Aug 2012

in repub. circles.
and making sperm outside of the marital bed, would be a problem for the fundies.
Got to admit, it is a lot more interesting than hiking the Appalachian trail.

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