Tag: Midwest Sperm Bank

  • But the claim of ‘wrongful birth’ brings up myriad sociopolitical and ethical concerns as well. Effectively, the plaintiff was alleging that her daughter’s blackness generated emotional suffering and economic burdens for Cramblett, and moreover, that she should be compensated for ‘damages’.

  • Suit filed over mix-up at Downers Grove sperm bank is dismissed The Chicago Tribune 2015-09-03 Clifford Ward A judge Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Ohio woman against a west suburban sperm bank whose clerical error resulted in the birth of her mixed-race daughter. DuPage County Judge Ronald Sutter tossed the suit after lawyers…

  • Biological Determinism and Racial Essentialism The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Volume 661, Number 1, September 2015 pages 8-22 DOI: 10.1177/0002716215591476 W. Carson Byrd, Assistant Professor of Pan-African Studies University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky Matthew W. Hughey, Professor of Sociology University of Connecticut In August 2012, nine months after being…

  • Cramblett vs. Midwest Sperm Bank Marley-Vincent Lindsey 2014-10-07 Marley-Vincent Lindsey I. Narratives and Political Order On September 29, Jennifer L. Cramblett filed a suit against the Midwest Sperm Bank for “Wrongful Birth and Breach of Warranty against Defendant.” Where the expecting couple had picked a “blond hair blue-eyed individual” to resemble the non-biological partner, the…

  • Lawsuit: Wrong sperm delivered to lesbian couple The Chicago Tribune 2014-10-01 Meredith Rodriguez, Tribune reporter A white Ohio woman is suing a Downers Grove-based sperm bank, alleging that the company mistakenly gave her vials from an African-American donor, a fact that she said has made it difficult for her and her same-sex partner to raise…