Wednesday, November 19, 2008

A Major Problem: Sperm Shortage

From Daniel Hamermesh at Freakonomics:

There’s a shortage of sperm in Britain! Apparently, Britain needs donations for about 4,000 women per year; to reach that number, about 500 sperm donors per year are required, while only 300 are currently registered. Things were fine until 2005, when a law was enacted allowing children of sperm donors the right to discover the identity of their father at age 18; simultaneously, the number of women who could use the same donor’s sperm was limited further.


How about outsourcing to other countries? Doesn't international trade somehow solves the problem?

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