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New Rules on Sperm Donations by GaysBy GARDINER HARRISPublished: May 20, 2004 en who acknowledge having had homosexual sex within the previous five years will not be allowed to make anonymous sperm donations under new rules that the Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce today.New York State already bars gay men from donating sperm anonymously, and most of the nation's sperm banks have similar restrictions because of concerns over transmission of H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS. But a prominent gay rights group nonetheless denounced the new federal rules. Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and...

FDA: Gay Men May Not Donate Sperm NEW YORK CITY - The Food and Drug Administration will announce today a new policy that says any man who openly acknowledges having sex with another man in the last five years will not be allowed to make anonymous sperm donations, reports The New York Times. By strict definition, the news isn't really news for New Yorkers. The Empire State already bars gay men from donating sperm without providing their name, while the majority of nation's sperm banks have similar restrictions, citing concerns over AIDS as the primary reason. But the FDA's...

The Gay Gamete Project was developed as a means to ensure the genetic survival of homosexuality;to assure that the decline in homosexual procreation does not result in our eventual extinction. Homophobic Guidelines: The FDA has been in the process of promulgating national regulations that would prohibit clinics from accepting sperm from homosexual applicants since 1999. The decision will likely be finalized before 2003. Due to these homophobic guidelines as well as those proposed by the ASRM, it is unfortunately necessary for gay men to lie about their sexual preference and sexual history in the application and interview process. Gay men...

If you are a man and a medical or engineering student to boot, a short visit to the neighbourhood fertility clinic could pay for your next night out. These clinics happily shell out Rs 500 for sperm donors doing “professional courses” because it is perceived that their “superior” seed will produce more smart children like them. The clinics don’t have to advertise; most donors hear about donations through word of mouth. “We tap medical and engineering students routinely as they possess good genetic material," says Dr Nandita Palshetkar, infertility expert at Batra Hospital's Assisted-Conception Unit. Not everyone can just walk...

Federal Government Recommendations on Gay Men Donating Sperm 'Look Like They Were Written in 1982, not 2004,' Lambda Legal Says (New York, May 20, 2004) Lambda Legal denounced recommendations that the Food and Drug Administration issued today to block men from making sperm donations if they have had sex with other men in the last five years. Lambda Legal issued the following statement from Executive Director Kevin Cathcart: "The federal government issued recommendations today that look like they were written in 1982, not 2004. There is absolutely nothing about this proposal that's based on science or medicine -- this...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government said it would ban homosexuals from making anonymous donations to sperm banks, in the name of preventing transmittable diseases, in a move swiftly condemned by gay rights groups. New Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) rules that take effect May 25 require agencies that collect tissues or cells including sperm to ask the donor if he has had sex with men or used injectable drugs in the past five years. If the answer is affirmative in either case no donation is allowed. The FDA says the rules are just an extension of...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said Wednesday it would end anonymity for sperm and egg donors next year in an move that a fertility expert said could worsen the country's already critical shortage of donations. Children conceived from donated eggs or sperm will have the right to track down their biological parents from the age of 18, public health minister Melanie Johnson told a news conference. "I firmly believe donor-conceived people have a right to information about their genetic origins that is currently denied them, including the identity of their donor," she said. "Today's new regulations will...remove the major discrepancy that...

I had a bit of an argument with a caller. The tussle was over whether or not he could or should legitimately call himself the "father" of a 1-year-old child conceived on a drunken, one-night stand, and whom he hasn't seen since she was 2-months old. But first, let me tell you something about me and my radio program. I have never looked at my radio work as entertainment. In fact, I get very aggravated when some critic dismisses their own negative reaction to my point of view by stating that, "after all, I shouldn't get so worked up, it's...