HE claims to have fathered no less than 160 children as one of the world’s most prolific sperm donors.
But self-styled “miracle man” Joe Donor is far from alone in his field, with a growing ‘black market’ of men offering their cut-price services to women desperate to have a baby.
Advertising themselves on platforms such as Facebook and specialist apps, social media savvy donors have seized upon a nationwide shortage, with private and NHS sperm banks across the UK running dry after two years of Covid restrictions.
And, most controversially, their methods can range from artificial to ‘natural insemination’ (NI) – donor-speak for full sex.
Joe, 51, who runs a string of Facebook donor groups, says: “Half the women I’ve donated to wanted NI because it’s more efficient.
“If they’re in a relationship, they’ll often want to avoid those types of intimacies which you would reserve for your partner – like kissing or oral sex. The actual [penetration] is often not a huge problem.”
