The New York Times blog picked up and posted this bit of news in its Idea of the Day for Nov 4:   Free Online Sperm and Its Perils:

Priced out of expensive regulated sperm banks, prospective parents are turning to a ‘booming gray market’ in unregulated sperm donation, an article says.  Let us count the ways this may not be a good idea.

With no medical screening or legal protections – and some male donors willing to “agree to a procreative sex rendezvous” – the Gray Lady got this one right!