Sperm shortage afflicts Britain
Sperm shortage afflicts Britain
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Sperm donor Mark Jackson, seen at his home with his dog Toby, in Doncaster, England, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008. The British Fertility Society is warning that the country is facing a shortage of men willing to donate sperm. Fertility clinics are struggling to recruit donors, have long waiting lists and high costs. In some parts of the country, there are no clinics at all.
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LONDON - The British Fertility Society is warning that the country is facing a shortage of men willing to donate sperm.
Fertility clinics are struggling to recruit donors, have long waiting lists and high costs and in some parts of the country, there are no clinics at all.
The warning came today in the British Medical Journal from Mark Hamilton and Allan Pacey, members of the fertility society's board of directors.
They say part of the problem is that Britain banned anonymous sperm donation in 2005. Children who were born to a donor can now trace their biological parents once they are 18. About 4,000 women a year in Britain need donor sperm to become pregnant, but in 2006, only 307 men registered to become donors. https://teakdoor.com/images/imported/2008/05/1006.jpg
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