Britain’s National Health Service (nhs) announced a one-time $130,000 grant to a sperm bank based at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. The new sperm bank, National Gamete Donation Trust (ngdt), will cater to both nhs patients and private clients.

Heterosexual couples will be able to use this service, but it primarily targets “women who want to start a family without having a relationship with a man.” A large percentage of the clientele is anticipated to be professional, single women who desire children without a father.

In essence, the Department of Health is promoting fatherless families.

The nhs aid makes obtaining sperm more affordable and keeps recipients from searching for donors online. Online donors are considered more risky due to lower quality sperm. The average visit will cost $500, down $925 from the average private rate of $1,425.

“Fatherlessness continues to destroy young people because leaders and experts will tell you it isn’t even a problem!” we wrote in 2007. “Rather than covering what happens when fathers disappear, our leaders and the media cover up the effects of fatherlessness, claiming there is no need for a traditional father, and that any ‘family’ arrangement will suffice.”

The sperm bank will cater “designer sperm,” allowing women to chose sperm based on the donor’s height, age, ethnicity, skin tone, eye color, hair color and even his education and occupation.

In most cases, no matter which donor “designer babies” come from, they will be missing a father figure. Although, that isn’t something to worry about, according to Ms. Witjens, ceo of (ngdt).

Families without a father will cost the nation far more than the $130,000 spent by nhs. The delinquency rate of children from single parent homes is 10 to 15 percent higher than two-parent homes. Less than 20 percent of youth involved in homicide were found to be from a two-parent home. Added to that are welfare costs, health care costs, etc.

The father plays a vital role in educating, leading and protecting the family. You cannot simply eliminate the father figure and think society will function properly. In “Honoring the Father,” Trumpet editor in chief Gerald Flurry wrote:

Theodore Roosevelt attributed a great part of his success and leadership to what he learned from his father. “My father was the best man I ever knew,” he said. Wayne Gretzky, perhaps the greatest hockey player ever, had a terrific relationship with his father. So did the famous runner Sebastian Coe. Football greats Dan Marino and Joe Montana said their fathers taught them how to be leaders. I find such examples inspiring.

Of course there are exceptions, but take a look at society and you can see the importance of the father’s role in the home. By aiding clients in their search for sperm, the nhs is accelerating the decline of society by assaulting the role of the father in the family. To learn more about the importance of fathers, read “The Need for Fathers.”