sperm donor
noun
: a man who gives his sperm usually to a sperm bank so that it can be used to help women get pregnant
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Russo-Young revisits her family’s unique—and headline-making—history in this engrossing docuseries about her biological father, a gay sperm donor, suing for paternity rights, a lawsuit that threatened her already vulnerable family.
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Emerald has no need for men, using a sperm donor to create her perfect family of high-achieving triplets.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
These mutations can be spontaneous, but the paternal age of a sperm donor can also be a factor.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
The Donor Chloe Fineman and Sarah Sherman portrayed a couple asking their friend, played by Andrew Dismukes, to be a sperm donor during a dinner at a restaurant.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Donald Cline: Fertility doctor who fathered dozens The story of Indianapolis fertility doctor Donald Cline began to unravel in 2014, after Jacoba Ballard, who believed she was conceived using an anonymous sperm donor, took a DNA test to learn about her biological background.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 15 July 2025
After a painful breakup with her daughter Ocean’s father, Kent decided to become a single mother by choice, even choosing her sperm donor on camera.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 July 2025
The couple had conceived a son through in vitro fertilization (IVF) around 2009 and entered a sprawling custody battle years later after Schreiber’s attorneys argued that Patric was only a sperm donor — not the father.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2025
Meanwhile, Emerald has no need for men, using a sperm donor to create her perfect family of high-achieving triplets.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
These mutations can be spontaneous, but the paternal age of a sperm donor can also be a factor.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
The Donor Chloe Fineman and Sarah Sherman portrayed a couple asking their friend, played by Andrew Dismukes, to be a sperm donor during a dinner at a restaurant.
—Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
Donald Cline: Fertility doctor who fathered dozens The story of Indianapolis fertility doctor Donald Cline began to unravel in 2014, after Jacoba Ballard, who believed she was conceived using an anonymous sperm donor, took a DNA test to learn about her biological background.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 15 July 2025
After a painful breakup with her daughter Ocean’s father, Kent decided to become a single mother by choice, even choosing her sperm donor on camera.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 3 July 2025
The couple had conceived a son through in vitro fertilization (IVF) around 2009 and entered a sprawling custody battle years later after Schreiber’s attorneys argued that Patric was only a sperm donor — not the father.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Sperm donor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sperm%20donor. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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