And now the FDA wants to use the same asinine rules for sperm donation as for blood donation

[conuly]

Instead of testing donors to make sure they're not sick, they'd rather just exclude a huge swath of the population from donating.

Brilliant plan, guys. Really.

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

I would assume and be shocked if it is otherwise, that they do test the samples or the person before accepting them. I'd think that'd be a given.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I mean, I'm pretty sure that sperm donor screening is more thorough than blood donor because you'd want to make sure none of the genetic conditions pass through screening. And potential parents seem willing to pay a nice fee for eggs, so why not have good screening and pass the costs on to the potential parents?

The only person I know who had anything to do with anything like this was someone who banked his own sperm before chemo. So I would imagine his sessions were different. (He used to wave when he passed the sperm bank.)

[leora.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I've read a little on that. They do want people in very good health and without genetic issues for donation. I'll never be accepted as an egg donor, except maybe by someone who knew me and knew enough about my issues to be able to handle the potential risks and decrease the risks for the children (genetic predisposition plus environmental trigger... decrease the odds of an environmental trigger and the genetic predisposition is much less of an issue... alas, my generation is the one to learn of the genetic predisposition).