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The Story Of Parenthood, Courtney Cahill
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Anonymously Provided Sperm And The Constitution, Mary P. Byrn, Rebecca Ireland
Anonymously Provided Sperm And The Constitution, Mary P. Byrn, Rebecca Ireland
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Obtaining sperm to use in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is relatively simple. Hospitals, clinics, and sperm banks throughout the United States are in the business of selling sperm from literally thousands of men. Once a man is approved to provide sperm, he contracts with the sperm bank to supply sperm for a specified period of time and designates himself as either an anonymous or open-identity sperm provider. When a man chooses to provide his sperm anonymously, both the sperm provider and intended parents agree to complete anonymity – that is, the sperm provider can never know the parents or any …