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Posthumous sperm retrieval (PSR) is a procedure in which spermatozoa are collected from the testes of a human corpse after brain death. There has been significant debate over the ethics and legality of the procedure, and on the legal rights of the child and surviving parent if the gametes are used for impregnation .
The Big Bang Theory's pilot episode satirizes the repository when Leonard and Sheldon visit the "high-IQ sperm bank," intending to donate specimens, only to leave after Sheldon suffers a moral crisis over committing "genetic fraud" by donating sperm that may not produce the promised genius offspring.
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The three-part docuseries explores the actions of Jonathan Meijer, a Dutch man in his early 40s who has fathered, in his estimation, about 550 children via sperm donation since he was in his 20s.
Some sperm banks impose lower limits; e.g., the Sperm Bank of California has a limit of ten families per donor, [46] and the Rainbow Flag Sperm Bank has a limit of donor children by six different women. [47] In 2005, the FDA placed a ban on men who have engaged in sex with another man in the last 5 years being able to donate sperm. [48]
A Netflix docuseries has put a spotlight on the unregulated world of sperm donation, particularly the lack of stopgap measures that might prevent donors who have been banned by one country from ...
Sperm donation. A donor provides sperm in order to father a child for a third-party female. Egg donation. A donor provides ova to a woman or couple in order for the egg to be fertilized and implanted in the recipient woman. Spindle transfer. A third party's mitochondrial DNA is transferred to the future mother's ovum.
Sperm donation gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. [95] In many western countries, sperm donation is now a largely accepted procedure. In the US and elsewhere, there are a large number of sperm banks. A sperm bank in the US pioneered the use of on-line search catalogues for donor sperm, and these facilities are now widely available on the ...