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Shortage of Sperm Donors in Britain Prompts Calls for Change - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Hammad Ghanchi on 16 Nov 08 - Cached
  • Another solution might be to increase the number of pregnancies that each donor is permitted to produce. The legal limit is 10, set to minimize the chances of what is called inadvertent consanguinity — half siblings, unaware they had the same donor father, together having children, who would be at risk for genetic diseases caused by inbreeding.
    • Hammad Ghanchi
      Hammad Ghanchi on 16 Nov 08
       
      It is interesting that the UK has limitations set on the number of women that can used donated sperm. I knew that people were concerned with the issue of half siblings reproducing but I never knew that there were governments that took action to prevent it. It later states that Netherlands allows 25 recepients per donor although they have a much smaller population. And then there is us, the United States, where there is no limit set and the clincs can decide for themselves. If such shortages took place in the United States, Im sure many clincs would just start using the same donor due to the capitalistic nature of our sturcture.
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Woman, 59, Has Triplets in Paris Hospital - 0 views

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shared by Maria Pelfrey on 09 Sep 08 - Cached
  • Kate Davis on 09 Sep 08
     
    It's illegal to receive fertility treatment in Paris if you're over the age of naturally producing? How do they monitor that? Do they check to see if the women have gone through menopause? And didn't we say in class that even if you had gone through menopause, you could still get pregnant?
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