Posted on 06/26/2008 7:04:12 AM PDT by Bushwacker777
"The removal of anonymity from sperm and egg donors has provoked a crisis in fertility treatment that is denying couples the chance to try for a baby.
Infertility therapy with donated sperm has collapsed to the lowest levels since records began, according to the first official figures, seen by The Times, since the Government banned anonymous donation in 2005.
The number of women treated with donated sperm fell by about 20 per cent, from 2,727 in 2005 to 2,107 in 2006, the first full year after the change. The number of donor insemination treatment cycles fell by 30 per cent over the same period.
Egg donation is also in serious decline: the number of treatments using “shared” eggs, offered by women in return for a discount on IVF, fell by 40 per cent between 2004 and 2006. "
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
You can’t legally be a step dad without adopting the thing.
and here’s a hint — (one troll, one not troll I’ll let you figure it out).
so if your appendix is about to burst you think God is telling you something?
He sure is:”Thou shouldst get thine a$$ to a hospital!”
[At least that would be the message I would come away with....]
You are a step dad unless you adopt the thing, then you are the adoptive father. You seem to be off your game today.
I thint the hint should read, (two trolls, one not), your first post would fall under the troll banner IMO.
“The whole sperm bank/IVF thing is rather creepy in a society obsessed with free sex and no responsibilities.”
I don’t see what IVF has to do with free sex or no responsibilities. Having a child is a huge responsibility.
Um, the genes from the person you describe DON’T go to the child so produced. That’s the whole point. They get to borrow someone else’s genes and raise the kid.
Wait, wait......It’s...for the Chilrun! Finally an appropriate time to use that liberal slogan.
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