After discovering that her father had lied about her identity, a Japanese woman placed her baby up for adoption.
According to Japanese news outletsTokyo ShinbunThe woman is in her 30s and is suing him $2.86m (330m Japanese yen).
She believed she had met a Japanese man of high education who was able to have a child with her.
After having had one child with her husband, the woman decided to have a second child by donating.
For help in finding the perfect person, she turned to social media.
Their efforts were rewarded in July 2019.
However, shortly after being pregnant by the donor, the woman (unidentified in reports) realized that the biological father for her unborn child, a Chinese husband, had not attended the elite university.
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She decided to adopt the baby after learning that it was too late for her to abort it. “emotional distress”Because of his lack transparency.
You can find out more atVice World Newsreport, Japanese sperm donations aren’t particularly strictly regulated.
Proper artificial insemination by a donor, which involves inserting the sperm into someone’s uterus, is limited to heterosexual married couples.
This has led to people turning to the internet for alternative methods to obtain sperm.
“In Japan, there is no public system or legal system for sperm donation,” said the woman’s lawyer in a press conference on Tuesday as noted byTBS News.
The lawyer claimed that the woman suffered from sleep disorders, and she gave up the child. This drew backlash.
Mizuho Sakaki, a woman who works for a child welfare agency, saidVice World News It was “unacceptable”For the mother to basically throw away the child.
Regardless, Sasaki believes that it’s better to have the child in the care of someone who could be a great “foster parent”.
Indy100Could not reach the lawyer or the woman who filed it, nor the donor for comment, as they are all anonymous in Japanese reports.