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The potential risk of introducing a Northern Ontario toddler to his genetic father at this point in his life is too major to be ignored, a judge has ruled in turning down a sperm donor’s bid for interim access to the boy, now being raised by his biological mother and her lesbian partner. A full trial is scheduled for this October to consider the man’s demand for paternity rights.

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She is dating a woman. She is trying to conceive a child. She wants to use free sperm from a man she trusts. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration won't let the Oakland woman enter motherhood quite so easily. Under federal regulations, the donor must undergo procedures and verify his health in tests that the woman sees as expensive and time-consuming. So "Jane Doe," as she calls herself, is suing. Cause of Action, a government accountability group, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on her behalf against the FDA.