China Sperm Bank Faces Lack of Donors

Yahoo! ^ | Thursday, June 12, 2003 | The Associated Press

[Willie Green]

For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use.

BEIJING - China's first "smart sperm" bank, which accepts only highly educated donors, says it has 400 women on a waiting list for fertilization.

Now it needs donors. Four years after it was set up, the center says it has fewer than 20.

"The biggest problem we are facing is the lack of suitable donors," its director, Huang Ping, told the official Xinhua News Agency.

The creation of the center in the southwestern city of Chengdu set off a debate in the Chinese press over its focus on the sperm of highly educated men.

Donors are required to have academic qualifications equal to a university associate professor, and the selection process can take up to six months.

"Potential donors are usually busy men," Huang said. "They have little time to spend on this."

Most of China's family planning efforts are aimed at reining in the growth of its population of 1.3 billion people. But the government has begun to support research into fertility treatments, sperm banks and other ways to help childless couples conceive.

Four couples have had children with the help of the Chengdu sperm bank, Xinhua said. It said the center was tracking the oldest — a 2-year-old — with plans to issue a research report later.

[Willie Green]

Market opportunity for exports.

[bedolido]

strange how the most inhabitted area on earth has so few of the "little guys" to spare.

[junta]

Do they accept the donations of the round eyed devil?

[Zavien Doombringer]

How are you Gentlemen?!

[MEGoody]

Why in the world would China even care about sperm banks? They consider themselves to be so over populated that they force abortions.

[ppaul]

Maybe they'll accept a donation from their little North Korean buddy.

[Manic_Episode]

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Signed
Chinese Sperm

[KarlInOhio]

Maybe the Chinese should set up a fractional reserve sperm banking system. Sperm could be loaned out with interest required .... (continue banking rant for 20-30 pages including references to George Bailey's lecture on banking from It's a Wonderful Life).

[Area51]

Donors are required to have academic qualifications equal to a university associate professor, and the selection process can take up to six months.

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Well that makes sense to me. Most of the College Profs. I knew were Jerk offs.

[CougarGA7]

"Potential donors are usually busy men," Huang said. "They have little time to spend on this."

C'mon! They can't spare 2 minutes?

[tdadams]

China's first "smart sperm" bank, which accepts only highly educated donors, says it has 400 women on a waiting list for fertilization.

These ladies need babies! C'mon guys, lend a hand.

[RightWhale]

No, no, Igor, I said bring me the smart sperm, not the sperm whale.

[thinking]

Send over a few copies of Playboy, or is it Play...boy

[bruin66]

To all repliers: This was way too easy!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Speak for yourself.

[fourdeuce82d]

THought about being a donor- ther'es good money in it- but I figured losing my amature status, and turning pro, would take all the fun out of it.

[CougarGA7]

Touche.