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After years of debate, importation of foreign sperm into the UK is likely to be approved. After threats of legal action at the European Court, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which licenses fertility treatment in the UK, is expected this week to give the green light to British...
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Sperm wars?
by Juliet Tizzard
An invasion may be about to take place. First there were the Vikings. Now there's going to be an invasion of Danish sperm. And British men had better watch out: soon their virility will be seriously undermined by their European counterparts. This is the way the prospect of imports of...