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Are Sperm Donors Really Anonymous Anymore? DNA testing makes them easy to trace.
Slate ^ | March 1, 2010 | By Rachel Lehmann-Haupt

Posted on 03/07/2010 3:20:47 PM PST by sodpoodle

Over the years, the group, which grew to 13 families, formed a bond around this anonymous man who was their biological link. They had unions and reunions and exchanged holiday cards, but none of this socializing answered any of Michelle's questions about the donor's identity. Because he signed a waiver, the California Cryobank would not release his identity. And because genetic testing is not part of their protocol or an FDA requirement, they could not offer any clues to his genetic history that might have caused these traits.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: hitechredneck; ivf
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To: grey_whiskers

21 posted on 03/07/2010 5:10:56 PM PST by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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To: al baby

Sperm bank=101 frozen pops.


22 posted on 03/07/2010 5:17:45 PM PST by John-Irish ("Shame of him who thinks of it''.)
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