What are the moral issues of sperm and zygote banking?
Aug 13, 2006 by Silvain | Posted in Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Pls. help me out. We have this debate at school and I can't find enough info. Thanks =) Links will help a lot.
All I can think about is that that was not the way mankind was intended to reproduce, that they are trying more and more ways to manipulate what should be a natural occurence...also, it allows the person to not even meet someone and have a child by that person, allowing single parenting and gay parenting to flourish (I have tons of gay friends and am by no means a basher)...
KnA | Aug 13, 2006
I can't think of any.
ceprn | Aug 13, 2006
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060812/ap_o n_he_me/donor_siblings_5 disease checking against sperm diseases if you already saw it I am too lazy to look for anything else
whoops maybe i misinterpreted the question sry
dudemanofdoom | Aug 13, 2006
What is a good sperm bank for military members to use?
Sep 17, 2009 by Little Polish Princess | Posted in Trying to Conceive
What is a good sperm bank for military members to use in case something happens to them over seas?
My husband and I would like to freeze his sperm in case something happens to him over seas. Has anyone else done this? What is a good sperm bank? How much does it cost?
I know for a fact that many sperm banks offer to freeze and store a man's sperm for many years. If you are located near Seattle, WA for instance, you could use European Sperm Bank. Many sperm banks don't actually list on their web site that they offer this service, but when you call them up it seems that many of them do. The bank I have dealt with is ESB, here is the link http://www.europeanspermbankusa.com/fees They charge $600 to store sperm for 2 years but you can choose shorter or longer periods of course.
| Sep 18, 2009
How religious people feel about sperm banks and artificial insemination?
Jul 15, 2009 by ♥Celes♥ | Posted in Religion & Spirituality
Alot people argue that gay people are "worthless" because they cannot "pro-create" yet that is false. Many gay men have donated sperm to sperm banks, and their sperm is used to fertilize the eggs in women who want to have babies. Heck, how do you think Clay Aiken became a dad?
Sure it's not the "traditional way" of making a baby, but a child is brought into the world, loved, cared for, and nurtured none the less. Isn't THAT what's most important?
Without a doubt.
Personally, I believe that we need to adopt more children, and procreate a bit less, but I digress, if the baby is cared for, that is all that matters.
Caturdayz | Jul 15, 2009
What is spermbanking? 3 of 7 videos on Sperm Banking: Preparing for the ...
Part three of a seven part series of videos pertaining to sperm banking for cancer patients.
Sperm Banked Kids: What are the Psychological Implications of ...
by Kate Waimey Timmerman, Ph.D.
A few days ago, I posted a blog on the history and techniques of sperm banking . But what happens to the children born from this method? No studies currently examine the mental health of sperm banked offspring who were raised by their biological fathers. Instead, studies look at children who are products of both sperm banking and sperm donation. Only two reports follow these children into adulthood. And, of course, they contradict each other.
One study, in the journal Pediatrics, performed a longitudinal study on the psychological health of children born from sperm donation. The authors, Nanette Gartrell and Henny Bos, stated that these children exhibited better mental health than the general population through age 17. Interestingly, the lesbian mothers, who were older than parents in the comparison group, raised all the children in this study and achieved pregnancy intentionally. These two differences may explain why sperm donor children performed better on psychological tests than the general population.
A report released by the Institute for American Values arrives at the different conclusion that adults born from sperm donation are at risk for mental health issues. Such individuals still make up a minority of the children surveyed. When asked,” Have you ever been prescribed medication for depression or other mental health problems,” 31% of sperm donor-conceived adults and 28% of adults raised by biological parents said “Yes.” In fact, 20% of sperm donor offspring had donated their own gametes or served as a surrogate. This report was not published in a journal and should be read with caution because qualified experts did not review it.
These studies raise some interesting questions but it is important to highlight the lack of studies investigating psychological issues, if any, of sperm donor offspring reared by biological fathers. This population was low in the past. With the increase in preventative sperm banking prior to medical treatments, it is an important subject to be addressed in the future.
But couples have so many demands and it is difficult to get donors matching their requirements these days because turnout isn't so good at sperm banks,"
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UK's National Sperm Bank privatised and rebranded or 'Hole-in-the-wall' machines as they're known, and we're introducing similar devices into the car park toilets to enable 24-hour Sperm Banking.
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A sperm bank, semen bank or cryobank is a facility that collects and stores ... The development of sperm banks, whilst considered by some to be controversial, has ...
Sperm Bank, Cryobank | European Sperm Bank USA
European Sperm Bank USA is located in Seattle, WA. Our cryobank uses industry leading screening procedures to select a wide range of quality Open ID donors.
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Offers umbilical cord blood storage, anonymous donor semen specimens, semen cryopreservation, and other specialized reproductive services.
But couples have so many demands and it is difficult to get donors matching their requirements these days because turnout isn't so good at sperm banks,"