Get ready for a whole new experience of choosing your child’s characteristics. That’s because future moms will soon be able to select the sperm of their choice based on personality traits, interests, and even fashion styles. The London Sperm Bank is in the process of compiling a new brochure that allows for written statements from each donor.
More Sperm Details
Donors can explain why they donated and can give a bit of information about themselves. And, there are staff assessments that give even more details of each donor.
The clinic describes one donor, for instance, as “softly spoken, introspective, deep thinking” with a “neat, relaxed style.”
Sperm Shopping Online
Even better – women can do their sperm shopping online from a new online catalogue, so they won’t even have to go into the clinic to pick their man.
Paying for the Sperm
While some countries pay quite well for sperm donation, the UK is not one of those places just yet. Donors can only earn up to £250 to cover expenses and loss of earnings, but the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering whether to allow companies to pay sperm donors more for their services.
Apparently, sperm donation is on the rise in Britain, with 396 cases in 2008 as compared to 251 in 2005.
While a change in the law six years ago gave children born from sperm donations the right to know who their biological father is, this has not slowed the interest in donating sperm.