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LONDON -- A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said.

In a ruling reported for the first time Monday, High Court judge Peter Jackson said the mother had behaved in "a wicked and selfish way" that almost defied belief.
The judge said the woman, an American divorcee living in Britain with three adopted children, hatched the plan after she was prevented from adopting a fourth.

The scheme involved getting her oldest daughter to inseminate herself with syringes of sperm purchased over the Internet from a Denmark-based company, Cryos International.
Jackson said the daughter, identified only as A, "became pregnant at the mother's request, using donor sperm bought by the mother, with the purpose of providing a fourth child for the mother to bring up as her own."

In his ruling, the judge quoted the teenager as saying said she was shocked by the suggestion, but thought, "If I do this ... maybe she will love me more."
"My mum is a very determined person and she does her best not to let anything get in her way if she wants it," the teenager added.

The judge said the mother also made the teenager use douches of vinegar or lemon and lime juice in hopes of increasing her chances of having a girl.
The judge said it was likely but not certain that the daughter soon became pregnant and suffered a miscarriage.
After six more attempts with the donor sperm, she gave birth to a baby boy in July 2011, when she was 17.

But midwives at the hospital became alarmed by the odd behavior of A's mother.
Her daughter wanted to breastfeed the baby, but her mother said: "We don't want any of that attachment thing."
The hospital alerted the authorities, and the children were taken into foster care.
The mother is now serving a five-year jail term for child cruelty.

Details of the case were heard during proceedings at the family division of the High Court over the children's future last year.
They were reported for the first time Monday after several British media organizations, including the publisher of The Guardian newspaper, challenged reporting restrictions.

A court order bars identifying the family members in order to protect the children.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/mother-uk-forced-daughter-pregnant-donor-sper_n_3177758.html
 
I saw the headline and couldn't bear to read it. But now I have.

There are no words.
 
That is simply disgusting. What a horrid woman. The trauma she has brought on to all the kids involved....
 
No words can describe my outrage at what she has done to her children's lives.
 
Ugh! WTF!?! Where is the puke emotie?
 
JaneSmith|1367377995|3437953 said:
Ugh! WTF!?! Where is the puke emotie?

HUGE +1. Just sick.
 
So so so so so so so so so so so so so so so wrong.
 
Does it seem people are More broken than ever before? :nono:
 
Why??? Just why?!!
 
Kudos to the hospital staff who suspected something was wrong and alerted authorities.
 
The story is so upsetting on so many levels :blackeye:
 
This is a like a wretched movie script, not real life. :nono: I can't believe reality has now exceeded the ridiculousness of fiction.
 
Those poor children. ;(
 
kenny|1367358081|3437697 said:
LONDON -- A woman desperate for another child forced her 14-year-old daughter to get pregnant using syringes of donor sperm, a British judge said.

In a ruling reported for the first time Monday, High Court judge Peter Jackson said the mother had behaved in "a wicked and selfish way" that almost defied belief.
The judge said the woman, an American divorcee living in Britain with three adopted children, hatched the plan after she was prevented from adopting a fourth.

The scheme involved getting her oldest daughter to inseminate herself with syringes of sperm purchased over the Internet from a Denmark-based company, Cryos International.
Jackson said the daughter, identified only as A, "became pregnant at the mother's request, using donor sperm bought by the mother, with the purpose of providing a fourth child for the mother to bring up as her own."

In his ruling, the judge quoted the teenager as saying said she was shocked by the suggestion, but thought, "If I do this ... maybe she will love me more."
"My mum is a very determined person and she does her best not to let anything get in her way if she wants it," the teenager added.

The judge said the mother also made the teenager use douches of vinegar or lemon and lime juice in hopes of increasing her chances of having a girl.
The judge said it was likely but not certain that the daughter soon became pregnant and suffered a miscarriage.
After six more attempts with the donor sperm, she gave birth to a baby boy in July 2011, when she was 17.

But midwives at the hospital became alarmed by the odd behavior of A's mother.
Her daughter wanted to breastfeed the baby, but her mother said: "We don't want any of that attachment thing."
The hospital alerted the authorities, and the children were taken into foster care.
The mother is now serving a five-year jail term for child cruelty.

Details of the case were heard during proceedings at the family division of the High Court over the children's future last year.
They were reported for the first time Monday after several British media organizations, including the publisher of The Guardian newspaper, challenged reporting restrictions.

A court order bars identifying the family members in order to protect the children.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/mother-uk-forced-daughter-pregnant-donor-sper_n_3177758.html


Jesus, what is WRONG with people?!? This is disgusting!

BTW, Kenny, I love the new avatar!
 
That is just creepy, weird & wrong on so many levels...
 
That story breaks my heart for the girl. To be willing to do this just so seek the love of one's mother...... :nono: :nono:

That woman makes me want to vomit. :knockout:
 
The "mom" deserves a lot more time than five years. That poor young lady will be traumatized for life. :nono:
 
WOW! That is so beyond sad. Five years is nowhere near enough! I just have to say though, did the social workers for her first 3 children's adoptions not notice anything off about her?
 
iLander|1367380316|3437973 said:
Does it seem people are More broken than ever before? :nono:

Either we're more broken or it's just being reported more these days. I wonder how in the world some of these people conclude that these kinds of actions are good things?!
 
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