Co-parenting Option

THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT but I came across an organization for co-parenting (Co-ParentMatch.com - Lesbian Couple Searching for a more than a Sperm Donor) and the wanted to share a quote for consideration. I am sure there are many other co-parenting options/groups available if you do some research:

"Ultimately for us, we couldn’t get over the anonymity factor. My partner and I both have very close relationships with our fathers so how could we bring a child into the world when we knew nothing about their biological dad other than statistics on a piece of paper such as eye colour, height and profession? We couldn’t live with not knowing anything about that person and most importantly we felt that it wouldn’t be fair to allow our child to grow up not knowing their father.

We are not naive enough to think that children without a father figure grow up to be any less of a well rounded individual than those with a steady father in their life – in fact we both have close friends who have grown up perfectly well without their dad being around. Sometimes there will be no father figure due to separation, divorce or the father simply not wanting or accepting that role as ‘dad’. However unlike these factors, the decision for my partner and I was not something that was out of our control -we were very much in the driving seat."