Sperm from the dead: Technically feasible and morally defensible

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Specialists argue in the Journal of Medical Ethics that posthumous sperm extraction, like organ donation, is a way of relieving the suffering of others

LONDON — Men in Britain should be allowed to donate sperm after they die to meet growing demand from couples seeking fertility treatment, medical experts say.

While infertility is not life-threatening, said Nathan Hodson of Britain’s Leicester University and Joshua Parker of Britain’s Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester, it causes great suffering and could be said to be a form of illness. Such a move would raise questions about consent and family permissions for posthumous donations, Parker and Hodson said, and there would also be concerns about anonymity of the donor.

Sperm can be collected after death either through electrical stimulation of the prostate gland or with surgery. It can then be frozen and stored until required.

 

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'Ruined the sperm donation market due to over-regulation? No problem, the dead don't get have consent!'

Not morally defensible at all. This act dissociates sex from its procreative element, which is essential to the sexual act.

Guess ya really can't, take it with you.

A) Which currency is that? and B) if 50 of that currency is comparable (or worth more) in CAD, who's buying? I got tons of the stuff just going to waste. Tell me where to go and I'll come.

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