A sperm donor who fathered 550 children has been told to cease and desist.

 

A Dutch man suspected of fathering over 550 children through sperm donations around the world has been told to cease.

If Jonathan, 41, tries to give again, he might face a punishment of more than 100,000 (£88,000).

In 2017, he was barred from donating to fertility clinics in the Netherlands when it was revealed that he had fathered more than 100 children.

Instead of quitting, he continued to donate sperm abroad and online.

A court in The Hague has ordered him to produce a list of all the clinics he has used and to have his sperm destroyed.

Hundreds of women were reported to have been duped by the man.

According to Dutch clinical recommendations, a donor should not father more than 25 children in 12 families.

They are asked to restrict the number of times they give their services in order to prevent the possibility of siblings unintentionally becoming a relationship and having children together.

However, judges determined that the man had contributed to the birth of between 550 and 600 children since he began donating sperm in 2007.

A foundation protecting donor children's rights, as well as the mother of one of the children reportedly fathered from his sperm, took him to court.