These illegal sperm donation networks that put women's lives in danger

“Hello, I am an engineer, I would like to help you have your child“, suggests Hervé (1), 46 years old, from Aix-en-Provence. “I travel regularly, I am mainly available in Bouches-du-Rhône, Vaucluse and Gard. However, I reserve the right to be selective“, warns Jérôme (1), 38 years old, from Gap. What these men are offering is not their hearts: it's their sperm. There are dozens of similar ads on the Donneur naturel group, a platform of connecting women, or couples experiencing pregnancy, and volunteer gamete donors When contact is made, an appointment is made in a hotel, or a studio rented on Airbnb.

“Not all rapes take place deep in an underground car park.”

The donation is then carried out for some in an “artisanal” way, that is to say the man masturbates and gives his sperm to the woman in a pipette, so that she can carry out a “home” insemination herself. “. But many men make it clear from the outset: what they want is the “natural” method, that is to say intercourse. Others suggest the “semi-natural” or “semi-artisanal” method (the man masturbates and performs penetration just before ejaculation). Which raises questions about the supposedly altruistic motivations of all these donors… These are real parallel networks of illegal PMAs which have developed in France. Accessible in just a few clicks, we were able to access it, under a pseudonym, without difficulty.