Banking Crisis - what should be done about the sperm donor shortage?
There is a current shortage of donor sperm in the UK. Recruitment of donors has always required marketing. Traditionally, students provided donor sperm for 'beer money'. Thirty years has seen little change in the remuneration. It is now referred to as 'travelling' costs. This is compatible with other forms of tissue donation, for which monetary remuneration is deemed illegal. The acute current shortage coincides with a change in the rules of anonymity such that donor-conceived children at 18 ...