Sperm Scarcity hits UK, More donors wanted
November 12th 2008 17:15
When I first read this on CNN.com, I was surprised that somwthing that is turned out in millions per guy, can actually be in demand in another part of the world, this is the sperm story according to the UK.
The British Fertility Society is warning that the UK is facing a shortage of men willing to donate their 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.
The warning comes Wednesday in the British Medical Journal from Mark Hamilton and Allan Pacey, members of the fertility society's board of directors.
They say that 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 need donor sperm to become pregnant. In 2006, only 307 men registered to become donors.
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