The BBC has the story here:
An unregulated sperm donor, who claims to have fathered more than 180 children around the world, has been denied increased parental rights for a child he fathered as a donor through natural insemination. . . .
The judge questioned the donor’s motives and asked: “Is he compelled to reproduce?
“Does he enjoy gratification from knowing that there are scores of his children on the earth?”
The judge also said Mr Albon, who is originally from the United States, had tried to control five of the six women in England and Wales who had his children, including using litigation.
You can hear more about Joe Donor and other “super donors” in two podcasts I did with the University of Chicago’s Mary Anne Case on the Taboo Trades podcast. I’ve also written several papers on sperm markets including the motives (real or presumed) of donors, usually in comparison to the egg market, all posted to SSRN: