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Last month Trent Arsenault got three women pregnant - a new record for the Fremont man and father of 14 (and counting).
"I know the holidays are busy," Arsenault, 36, said with a chuckle, "but I didn't know that included babies."
Arsenault's been a sperm donor for five years, offering his semen to women he meets on the Internet for free.
But his baby-making days may be numbered.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told him to stop giving away his sperm - or face a $100,000 fine or up to a year in prison - on the grounds that he's ignoring federal regulations that require blood tests every time a person donates any kind of body tissue or fluid. He's allowed to keep providing sperm while his case is pending.
Arsenault's now working with an East Coast law firm to challenge the FDA regulations, which he says shouldn't apply to individual donors who are giving away their sperm to people they know and have developed a relationship with.
Fertility experts said it's unlikely the FDA will relax its...
"I know the holidays are busy," Arsenault, 36, said with a chuckle, "but I didn't know that included babies."
Arsenault's been a sperm donor for five years, offering his semen to women he meets on the Internet for free.
But his baby-making days may be numbered.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told him to stop giving away his sperm - or face a $100,000 fine or up to a year in prison - on the grounds that he's ignoring federal regulations that require blood tests every time a person donates any kind of body tissue or fluid. He's allowed to keep providing sperm while his case is pending.
Arsenault's now working with an East Coast law firm to challenge the FDA regulations, which he says shouldn't apply to individual donors who are giving away their sperm to people they know and have developed a relationship with.
Fertility experts said it's unlikely the FDA will relax its...