Australia has recently enacted legislation that appears to be a giant step in recognizing fathers as something more than mere DNA. After the Baby M case, nobody asks if a surrogate mother is less than an integral part of a child’s makeup, but very few have asked the same question about sperm donors. Most, if not all sperm donor contracts in the United States reduce the biological father to a number and set of statistics. Australia has elected to recognize these men as crucial to the lives of their children. Check out this touching story on Radio Netherlands’ website: The State We’re In.