Fertility service IVF Australia is to launch an advertising campaign encouraging gay men to be sperm donors, and promoting its services to same lesbian couples looking to have children.
... The campaign asks for “healthy, intelligent & generous” donors
Among the information available to prospective parents is the sexual orientation of a sperm donor.
Prof Michael Chapman, senior fertility specialist at IVFAustralia, said that one reason for the campaign was because sperm donations are declining. He said: “We have more than 100 women looking for sperm donors in our clinics in New South Wales, and many have to wait more than six months for that donation. Between 2005 and 2008, the number of IVF cycles facilitated by donors decreased markedly, and anecdotally we believe the numbers have continued to decline since then.”
Ben Mulcahy, MD of Pink Media Group, said: “We are delighted to be assisting in creating lives. It is great to have IVFAustralia welcoming the gay & lesbian community.”
The ad promoting its services stresses that IVF Australia’s customers include single women and same sex couples.
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I don't grasp how any of the people involved in this practice can live with themselves. They're intentionally manufacturing babies who won't know their fathers. They're treating human gametes like commodities to be bought and sold. It's sociopathic, lacking any sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
I agree Barb. Life is sacred, it seems they've taken a wrong turn somewhere. Just because it can be done, doesn't mean it should be done.
What does this have to do with marriage?
Every child conceived has the right to be raised by the married man and woman who conceive him/her. No man and woman should conceive a child who aren't married to each other.
You are so right Barb. These sperm banks are hurting children on purpose. Very sad when society cannot have laws that protect children.
RICK SANTORUM FOR PRESIDENT....