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My twins are "lab babies", conceived through a no longer used process called "GIFT" and we used donor sperm. The spouse had to sign a consent form that noted that he alone was legally their father. The donors are completely anonymous-only their physical characteristics, brief bio and medical history, if needed. We chose 6 by number only. We then continued having sex throughout the treatment and the day before surgery to mentally "make" the kids our own.
Unless Mary's partner is willing to concede at least partial parental responsibility to J, I would strongly suggest he not be used.
Because of the number of eggs that were taken from me and those implanted became my kids, I signed over rights to the remaining embryos but for "research purposes only" because I couldn't bear the thought of anyone else carrying my child.
If J truly wants an heir, he'd be much better off finding a surrogate and if Mary really wants a baby, she should find a less "friendly" way of achieving that goal.
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