A woman who used a turkey baster to impregnate herself is on the losing side of a legal battle over parental rights.The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the child’s biological father is more than a sperm donor and is entitled to be a part of his son’s life.The case hinged on an informal agreement between two longtime friends: a woman who wanted to get pregnant and a man willing to supply the sperm to make it happen. According to court filings, Joyce Rosemary Bruce impregnated herself with a turkey baster, believing that Robert Preston Boardwine would not have any parental rights — including a say in the boy’s education and other decisions — because they did not have intercourse.The appeals court said she was wrong.“The path to fatherhood may have been unconventional,” the court said, but it doesn’t remove Boardwine’s parental rights.Continue Reading
