Arsenault: "I don't make any money, I don't charge people anything. And it's just helping childless couples have children."

Are you saying he is a wealthy liar? I wonder if that is under his personality list on his web site.

Agreed it is a novel way to make a living .

This guy should give him self a treat once and a while ( dip the old stick ) . On second thought maybe not it could be bad for business .

Folks:

I understand that on his own time, when Trent is not assisting the childless of the Bay Area, he is an avid member of Toast Masters International; he has undertaken a big project and is restoring the painted and varnished surfaces of a beautiful wooden sailing boat; and when not working on the boat he loves to go fishing around the San Francisco Bay.

Obviously this makes him a Master Debater; and Master Abrader; and a Master Baiter….which seems appropriate!

Cheers!

this guy never once said that he made any money....nada, nothing, so where did some of you come that that conclusion???????????????????????????????

He should incorporate his baby batter production facilities... that would get the government out of his business

It's a joke duuug

bob1/28...have you seen this guy? He couldn't get a date with a roll of duct tape and chloroform on a rag;-)

Hot damn....the 40 year old virgin in the flesh.

If the government can't make money off of it they make it illegal.

I'm thinking he should promote it as charitable donations and that way he could claim expenses on his tax return.

well, looking at the bright side, at least now he's "spanking the monkey"... "buffing the musket" for a good cause.

Are you saying he is a wealthy liar?

No, that's Mitt Romney.

adding to the Leprechaun......."burpin' the weasel".....

maybe he can't get a real woman.....maybe he's hung like a tic tac :-)

So it is okay to have sex and knock up many women and run as fast as you can but to just donate your sperm to a couple is illegal.

I wonder... in about 30 or 40 years how many cases we'll have of "accidental incest" we'll have from this guys sons marrying his daughters and not realize it...

I guess they'll just have to legalize those loving, longterm commited relationships.

Why stop at his sons and daughters? Maybe his sons can accidently marry their brothers, once gay marriage is legal. Then we can tell the kids that just because Tim's parents are both guys and his family tree doesn't branch, he's still a normal, well adjusted kid.

Gay incest is the future. Oh joyz!

Mrs. Elizabeth -- Since he seems to be working in a specific area of the country, odds of incest are not at all unlikely. When it comes to that, the only useful thing the govt could do is to require that donor identification (using a universal code) be provided to the offspring. Other than that, what does the govt have to do with this? They're so busy meddling in personal business that they forget what they are supposed to do, namely, get the country back on its feet.

Custom1911 - Very nicely put.

There's a career your highschool guidance councilor never told you about.

it is his life, his business till the government had to step in and the news had to glamorous it. let the guy be, lets us think of the 14 couples he has made happy, and I hope you can keep doing it and make more couples happy!

So they want to regulate this mans sperm but they wont regulate Monsanto's GMO's?

Dude you need to incorporate then you will have the entire republican party screaming for the FDA's head on a platter, oh thats right they can't do that because isnt the head of the FDA also the head of Monsanto? Well at least it use to be then I think they went to the EPA and then back to monsanto and then to a lobbying firm working for monsanto, but anyway, you need to incorporate then there are no rules and no regulations, you can con people out of their money, sell them poison and tell them it's "wholesome", you can gamble with other peoples pension funds and lose billions, hell you can do what ever you want if you are a corporation but if you are just an individual citizen and you want to sell some carrots out of your garden or in your case some sperm to spermless couples then you will be, pepper sprayed, beaten, arrested, stripped searched by the TSA and then sent to gitmo for some water boarding. Dont you know individuals have absolutely no rights in a free market society.

This story sounds so phony. Either someone in the FDA is a loony or the reporter left out some relevant facts. What's to regulate? Is he selling something advertised as sperm but contains no sperm? If so, why was that "minor" fact left out of the article.

You know what they say, one person's waste, er...trash, is another person's treasure.

@Up Uranus...

I would normally scrutinize people for bringing politics into these kind of nonpolitical stories..but bravo on that one. 1 Up for you:)

Ohh and the government taking him to court over it? No surprise. Typical retard feds I assume.

The government this, the government that, blah blah blah. So all of you against the government intrusion must agree that it's okay to have 15..or 30...or 75 kids? When is it enough? Where do we draw the line? How many kids in the Bay area are going to end up dating their own siblings and perhaps even have inbred babies unbeknownst to them?!

I feel guilty about all the semen I've wasted :(

heard he was looking for a hired hand...to help him out...LOL

you people crucify this generous/ nice person

Lol

does anyone accuse a woman of being a sicko when she hires another women to receive her partner's sperm for the process of in vitro fertilization.

I do.

in our modern society we are hostile towards men( especially of Caucasian descent)

Completely agree with you there though.

Fuking americans. i am an american myself, but ashamed to be called one based on the way other americans behave.

What the hell are you talking about? I don't see anybody supporting the FDA here.

Some tool interpreted some random law to say what he's doing is illegal. There are like 5 people nation wide that think he's in the wrong.

You see something that annoys you, and just decide to group the whole country together like they support it. I'm ashamed that you call yourself an American too.

The government this, the government that, blah blah blah. So all of you against the government intrusion must agree that it's okay to have 15..or 30...or 75 kids? When is it enough? Where do we draw the line? How many kids in the Bay area are going to end up dating their own siblings and perhaps even have inbred babies unbeknownst to them?!

... I totally don't follow your train of thought... people are annoyed that the government is trying to say this dude can't sell his sperm. No where does it say anything about limiting the number of kids a person can have. Just so you know, there are no laws that say a person can't have 15..or 30...or 75 kids. And if there were it wouldn't have anything to do with this article.

Where do you draw your conclusions from? If you're against the government saying what somebody can do with their sperm, you must be ok with people having herds of kids... What does one have to do with the other?

You don't have a dog? Man, you must hate dolphins.

Hey, I can do it too. Random accusations based on nonsense are kind of fun... Dolphin hater.

Are you saying he is a wealthy liar?

No, that's Mitt Romney.

And Obama, and Bush, and Clinton, and .... well pretty much everyone in politics.

Pointing out that a politician is a wealthy liar is like pointing out that the sky is blue. We all already know. And if you're trying to say that one party lies more than the other, then you're just an ill informed idiot.

to all of you who's main concern on here is "accidental incest": if you had taken the time to read the other articles about this man, you would have learned that part of the deal is that he be kept up to date on the children that he helped father. that way, he can assure that none of his offspring will have to be faced with that type of situation. this is not a blind chance thing. this man has done his homework and is keeping things very professional. i would think one would have more chance of that happening by using an "anonymous" doner from a sperm bank.

journal journal

I wonder... in about 30 or 40 years how many cases we'll have of "accidental incest" we'll have from this guys sons marrying his daughters and not realize it...

My thought exactly. Stranger things have happened. The other issue is that he's messing with the gene pool by fathering so many children. What if he's got a genetic disorder, as yet undiscovered?

If he wants to be a father, what is wrong with the old fashioned way? Or is having to raise and support a child too much of an effort for him?

kadianae

this is not a blind chance thing. this man has done his homework and is keeping things very professional.

The couples who get his sperm online might know a lot about him, but what does he know about them? This could be a terrible situation.

Has this guy interviewed, visited and vetted all the people who are getting his sperm to make certain they would be good parents?

I don't think so.

For all he knows, his sperm could be going to con artists who would use his offspring in ways too horrible to contemplate.

What is sick about this?

You do realize he's a virgin? I checked out his website and he's relatively handsome, though he has a bit of a baby face, and it seems he takes care of himself pretty well. The virgin part was unknown to the public until now, though I'm sure he's probably at least mentioned it to the couples he's met, and given his intellect and career field - he'd be an excellent candidate as a sperm donor.

His services are free and far more personal then going to the sperm bank and checking out a portfolio. The only issue I'd worry about is if he's donating too much in the same area, there could be issues of incest between his children (which has been a known issue through very other popular donors in a 2011 article I read).

I don't see why anyone's hating on him, he's done nothing wrong.

What's wrong with him? After all, there is a world-wide religion based on a female making claims of virginity while producing offspring.

Yeah, who else thinks "computer specialist" may be a euphemism for "he downloads a sh1t ton of porn"?

To each his own. Let's all keep the government out of our purple-veined-yogurt-throwers!

invitro verbalization? Is that some kind of oral sex?

Gynecologist shouting Hellooo through the speculum?

the thinker-318752

What's wrong with him? After all, there is a world-wide religion based on a female making claims of virginity while producing offspring.

Excellent point.

I've come to the conclusion that it is not right to sell, donate or rent our reproductive parts and capabilities.

We should be considered legally and individually responsible for our own issue, for their support, education, and development.

Plenty of American kids are neglected by their parents. There are deadbeat parents of both sexes in this country who owe $ billions in unpaid child support.

World overpopulation is the primary source of many global issues.

Why instead don't childless couples work towards the goal of emptying every orphanage in this country? Let's take care of the children who already exist before we selfishly and haphazardly create more.

You first!

He obviously has been giving himself a hand !

He's on his own. If he can't handle the pressure, he should just drop the whole thing.

Joseph... please pass me the hand sanitizer first, ok?

We will all use your hand Joseph.

can you list three.....or two......or even one "issue"??

Maybe! But he certainly has safe sex! Applaud him for that!

Clap for him?

I agree with Ms. Elizabeth.

I think this is about nothing more than money. The sperm donor is looking at this about competition. If one man does it, then thousands could. And the FDA sure isn't looking to regulate the sperm banks. The banks are behind the push on this one......sperm banks

Q. How do you cancel an appointment at the sperm bank?
A. Just phone the bank and tell them you can't come.

I agree with you completely! I am just surprised we don't have a bunch of bible thumpers flooding this article!

Tomindallas- WHy in the world did you bring Christianity into this? What do "Bible thumpers" and sperm donors have to do with each other? I think you just want to voice your obvious bias against Christians.

kodiakkid, then I'll join the party. I have an obvious bias against Christians too. They're really dumb.

LOL haaaaa!!!! ^

Google him, there are a lot of pictures of him online.

Doesn't matter! He is free!

Tom..."never had sex"...yep, he just might have some very low testosterone levels. Not something I would want my son to inherit.

I saw this guy on 20/20 what a clown. More power to him. He said on 20/20 he only asks the couple to send him pics of the baby. He was weird imo.. however I am sure there men who probally have a countless # of kids from bar hopping and having one night stands.

apparently, there are at least 20,000 couples that don't agree with you......so maybe your concept of "failed miserably" falls short of the norm?? Can you offer the names of "some of the psychological issues" that he allegedly has, according to your view of "normal"? Are you licensed to offer medical, and psychological evaluations assertions?

We'd all love to hear them..... really!!

Well until you stand in someone else's life, I don't think your qualified to criticize!

Most geniuses never got married and seem to love their work so much they cant be bothered to have relationships. i bet they never had sex either though they probably would never admit it. Sex is not a basic function of life since when have you heard of someone dying from not having sex. I think it might be smarter to have kids like that then at least you know your genes move on to the next generation and you dont have to go broke trying to raise a kid or more or even really have to feel the need to worry about how they are doing since really you are not in their life like their parents. There really is no difference from him and a donor except the people know for sure what they are getting how do you know these sperm hospitals are not just using the 1%'s sperm only. I would recommend he have sex at least once before death though its better then jerking it but at the same time its really the same thing if you have sex without trying to have a baby. Really there is also no reason he should not be able to charge money for it and I think it is a little crazy to not get paid for his service if he doesnt want to pay taxes have the people gift it to him. The govt and all the media wonders why the occupy movement is so strong maybe they should stop trying to @!$%# the little guys and realize they are gonna get whats coming to them if they keep up this bs of trying to keep pushing the real power of this country around.

How he has failed at one of the most basic functions of life? Because he isn't married or hasn't had sex? You do realize there are still some people in this world who actually believe sex is a big deal and not something to do with just anyone right?

Maybe, being a genius, he simply hasn't found anyone he feels is his intellectual equal and he doesn't want to spend his life with someone who can't understand him.

If he's a virgin at 34, I'd say his jeans are stuck.

Try this one 150 kids....

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

That's what I was thinking, does he have a way of tracking his offspring?

"Once"... the article says he has 14 kids, so I'm guessing he does keep track. It's possible that his offspring will actually benefit from not being born from a sperm bank, since their parents may be able to communicate more easily. Sperm banks keep everything under lock and key for anonymity's sake. It takes a lot of hard work to find your donor, or siblings. I don't know how I feel about him doing this, but... it really is NOT the government's business.

So what happened after Adam and Eve? Weren't the odds considerably higher for breeding with a family member?

Are you being sarcastic? Now that's getting ridiculous.

RBTatt, you must not have read the article. He is not donating to a sperm bank - he is an "independent" donor advertising on line directly.

Look at the bright side. Lots of grandchildren....even if you never get to meet them.

Why not do both? ;)

It is a moot point if he is left handed.

I thought he was dating Rosie Palm and her five sisters.

I heard he was banging Miss Michigan.

Its Palmala Handerson :P

Fistina

All the while listening to Handel.

I wouldn't even want him in my swimming pool.

On the one hand, we have people borrowing sperm from strangers or making laboratory dishes pregnant (always with a surplus--the "extraneous" humans to be frozen in limbo, experimented on, or flushed) so they can have "their own" children.

On the other hand, we have children waiting to be born being butchered by medical whores, for no crime other than innocently being where they're inconvenient.

What's wrong with this picture? Doesn't an obvious solution present itself? That this solution is rejected shows nothing more than selfishness. Meanwhile, innocents die.

Sorry, I didn't know I was responding to someone else's comment. I meant to submit it as a new comment.