When sperm crosses borders, national safeguards fall short
Europe’s booming fertility industry has been rocked by revelations that the sperm of a Danish donor used to conceive at least 197 babies carried a cancer-causing genetic mutation that has already led to the deaths of some children. Switzerland’s strict regulations make scenarios of this scale unlikely. In recent years, sperm donation has produced family trees of unprecedented size, stretching across countries and, in some cases, continents. Stories of “mass donors” have captured public attention... Читать дальше...