Sperm donor William Marotta is being asked by the state of Kansas to pay child support after providing sperm to a same-sex couple, speaks about his ordeal at his attorney's office in Topeka, Kan. Dec. 31, 2012. (Jeff Davis/The Topeka Capital Journal/AP)
9:49 am ET -Kansas is trying to force a sperm donor to pay child support for the child conceived through artificial insemination for a lesbian couple now having trouble supporting it.
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