Academic

Boso on Exclusion of Gay Sperm Donors

By Lawrence Solum

Luke A Boso (West Virginia University - College of Law) has posted The Unjust Exclusion of Gay Sperm Donors: Litigation Strategies to End Discrimination in the Gene Pool (West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 110, No. 2, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

The purpose of this article is to highlight several litigation strategies that might be effective in ending discrimination against gay and MSM potential sperm donors. The article does not advocate for one litigation strategy over another, nor does it purport to solve all of the problems involved with each. The overarching goal is to make a potential litigator aware of some of her strategic legal choices, to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of each choice, and to advocate for creative lawyering. The article will discuss claims against the FDA under the Administrative Procedure Act, and it will also analyze claims against individual sperm banks that have adopted the FDA's recommended eligibility requirements under the U.S. and various state constitutions' rights to sexual intimacy and procreation.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).