Alabama Politician Leaves Family to Become Full-Time Sperm Donor
We generally take for granted the notion that anyone willing to abandon their privacy forever in order to run for public office is likely at least a little unhinged or eccentric.
But on a scale ranging from Anthony "twitpics" Weiner to Christopher "Craigslist" Lee, I don't even know where to place Alabama politician Bill Johnson for his very weird proclivities that have come to light.
Johnson, who ran in Alabama's GOP gubernatorial primary as recently as 2010, has reportedly left his wife to sate his obsession with donating sperm to women in New Zealand. His family has told reporters that Johnson wants to permanently relocate to New Zealand so that he can be a part-time dad to the babies he's sired.
Johnson’s wife, Kathy Hale Johnson, told the New Zealand Herald that Johnson recently returned to live in New Zealand where he donated sperm to at least 10 women without her knowledge.
"He wants me to move over there. He's not coming back,” she told the newspaper.
She said Johnson plans to apply for residency so he can stay in New Zealand, and that he intends to donate sperm to additional women.
"He is obsessed with this. He doesn't want to stop," she said.
Johnson made headlines in December when the news broke that he had fathered multiple children in New Zealand, where he was working as a contractor for disaster relief company Ceres NZ.
Johnson, a former Birmingham city councilman and cabinet member for Gov. Bob Riley, said he was unable to have children with his wife and that the desire to father a child was “a need that I have.”
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Johnson began donating sperm after arriving in Christchurch in 2011 to work on earthquake recovery. He created an online persona "chchbill" on unofficial websites for those seeking sperm donors. Some women later claimed he misled them about his background and the number of partners that he impregnated, raising concerns among New Zealand fertility specialists.
"He doesn't really know how many pregnancies there are out there. Some women were so angry they didn't want to talk to him again," she said.
As bizarre and fantastical as it all sounds, it can't really be that shocking, can it? Politicians are known above all else for their inimitable arrogance. Mr. Johnson is no exception here. He thinks his genes are so phenomenal that they must be shared with as many human beings as possible. At least Mr. Johnson can't be blamed for the demographic diminution of the West!
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Dec '10
Re: Alabama Politician Leaves Family to Become Full-Time Sperm Donor
He should start going by "Willie" instead of "Bill."
Jul '10
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"Johnson Plays With Johnson To Make Johnson & Johnson &..."
Aug '10
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Any doubts as to why Jefferson County , Birmingham's county , is broke ?
Besides the usual corruption and malfeasance, there might have been untrammeled DNA bottlenecks .
And in Alabama of all places , why for landsakes !
Could be a big ol' joke
Jul '11
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Are you sure his name isn't Barrack Obama sr. Dreams of my father could have a subtle title change here and be appropriate.
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Did I read this correctly? Or is what he calls sperm donation what the rest of us call fornication? If so, perhaps he has more than one reason for being an enthusiast.
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Breaking: politicians love themselves. Literally.
May '10
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Kiwi sperm deficient somehow?
May '10
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This guy flies to New Zealand for earthquake relief and his contribution is to donate ... sperm? Was the blood bank closed or something?
May '10
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This isn't funny. It's madness.
I read recently about a man who is believed to have fathered hundreds of children through a sperm bank he operated in the 70s and 80s.
I've read other stories about the growing problem of half-siblings meeting and falling in love, without knowing that they're half-siblings.
Can we please pause to note the moral insanity of a nation aborting millions of healthy babies, while millions more are being "created", destroyed and frozen in laboratories.
We are off the rails.
God help us.
Jul '10
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Whereas My contributions usually cause "earthquakes."
May '10
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I promise I'm not making fun but, in all seriousness - is this really a growing problem?
Jan '11
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So he went from being a politician to commercial masturbation?
. . .
Nope. Nope. No need to go any further.
May '10
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Here's a story in the Gardian.
The BBC reports a case here.
An Irish story recently in the news didn't involve a sperm donor, but the implications are obvious, once we consider that there are virtually no regulations of the IVF industry. Same goes for this Ann Althouse item on the subject.
It's happening in Canada too.
That's a few minutes of Googling. But you don't need official stats, just common sense, to realize that this was going to be among the perverse results of the IVF insanity.
Edited on May 8, 2012 at 2:27amMay '10
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I can see the headlines now....
Jul '10
Re: Alabama Politician Leaves Family to Become Full-Time Sperm Donor
In related news, Mississippi declared victory.
Jul '11
Re: Alabama Politician Leaves Family to Become Full-Time Sperm Donor
EJ, did you make up that part about the piggly wiggly? That's killing me.
Apr '12
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katievs:
I've read other stories about the growing problem of half-siblings meeting and falling in love, without knowing that they're half-siblings.
Highly ew, but not technically all that dangerous-- inbreeding is only an issue if there are recessive bad genes.
I'm much more worried about the thousands of undeniably human beings frozen and "destroyed," but I'm strange like that-- one of those folks that worries about humans she knows are totally different than she is right now. Something I try to cultivate without destroying the worry-about-people-like-me impulse.
Besides the other risks to the kids involved.
Edited on May 8, 2012 at 6:43amApr '12
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It's actually not unusual for close relatives who are raised apart to meet and fall in love. Being raised together, on the other hand, can cause distance, even among those who are unrelated. There are all sorts of studies backing up this interesting predilection of the human race. I remember one from the kibbutzes of Israel where children were raised together communnally and intended to grow up and marry others in the group. But they didn't. Being raised together made them feel more like brothers and sisters. On the other hand, there have been studies using pheremones from human sweat that have found that women find the smell of the sweat of their close male relatives less offensive than the sweat of strangers. There are several other studies of related tendencies. It really is fascinating stuff.
May '10
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Foxfier
Highly ew, but not technically all that dangerous-- inbreeding is only an issue if there are recessive bad genes.
I'm much more worried about the thousands of undeniably human beings frozen and "destroyed,"
The destruction and freezing of hundreds of thousands of tiny babies is objectively a more serious evil.
But the other issue (and with it other perversities, like the Octomon phenomenon) isn't just a genetics problem. It's a human problem.
May '10
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Here's another story, from England. My emphasis