College
students largest sperm donor group in China
Monday March 21, 2011 02:26:30 PM,
IANS
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Beijing: College
students in their large numbers have now become sperm donors in a
south China province because of an increase in payment, a media
report said Monday.
The sperm bank in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, has said
over 95 percent of its donors were college students, whose donations
were helping to ease the shortage that was troubling infertile
couples in the past few years, the China Daily reported.
However, according to the ministry of health, only healthy men
between the ages of 22 and 45 can donate sperm once in their
lifetime, while gays and foreign nationals are not permitted.
Men must visit a sperm bank thrice for tests and undergo blood
screening if their sample makes the grade. Then they have to return
about 10 times to donate.
A donor can receive as much as 3,000 yuan ($450) in payment if he
finishes the process, sperm bank officials said.
"It doesn't mean that they are selling sperm. We are providing meals
and transport fees and compensation for loss of working time," Tang
Lixin, director of the Guangdong sperm bank, was quoted as saying.
The bank, one of the 10 in the country, received over 900 donors
last year.
"Some students donate sperm for the increased subsidies, but most
regard the donation as an act of charity to help those needing
artificial insemination," Tang said.
Three years ago, around 80 percent of infertile couples failed to
find sperm donors due to the limited supply. In China, about 10
percent of couples are infertile.
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