"STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A court in Sweden has ruled that a man who donated sperm for artificial insemination, enabling a lesbian couple to have three children, must pay child support after the two women separated, according to a Swedish newspaper.

The regional daily Nerikes Allehanda said on its Internet website a county court ruled that the man was undoubtedly the children's biological father and hence obliged to pay child support of 2,838 crowns per month after the women's 10-year relationship broke up.

The verdict poses a legal dilemma, however, because under Swedish law a sperm donor is not regarded as the legal parent of children conceived with the help of his semen. Sperm donors, however, are normally strictly anonymous, while in this case the man was a friend of the couple and his identity as the father is in no doubt.

The man has appealed"

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2001

Answers

Well he'd better get a spurt on if he's to get satisfaction before Xmas ...

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2001

Hypothetically, that would just be my luck! I say hypothetically because....well....er... oh, never mind. ;0{[

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2001

Theres a moral in there somewhere but I frightened to ask me mam what it is.

-- Anonymous, December 11, 2001

That's a bit harsh on the bloke.

-- Anonymous, December 11, 2001

I agree Paul. But apparently it didn't stand up in court.

-- Anonymous, December 11, 2001

I'm not surprised it didn't

-- Anonymous, December 11, 2001