The emotions, concerns and reactions of sperm donor candidates to their rejection by a sperm bank.

Purpose: To explore the emotions, concerns and reactions of sperm donor candidates to their rejection by the sperm bank.

Methods: An online questionnaire was administered at Cryos International in the USA and Denmark to sperm donor candidates who had received notification that they were ineligible to donate.

Results: A total of 101 rejected donor candidates completed the questionnaire.

Challenges for the legislation enabling egg donation in Switzerland.

Switzerland is one of the most restrictive countries in Europe when it comes to the regulation of egg donation in medically assisted reproduction (MAR). Indeed, even after the introduction of modifications to the law regulating reproductive medicine allowing embryo culture, embryo freezing, and preimplantation genetic testing, egg donation has remained completely forbidden. The absolute ban on egg donation is heavily discussed in academia, society, and politics.

Donor sperm: only for the rich and straight.

Although single women and lesbian couples are given access to donor spermatozoa, all kinds of restrictions limit their actual use of donor insemination. These restrictions are frequently justified by the increase in safety (lowering the genetic risk) or well-being of donor-conceived persons. However, these restrictions directly result in stratified reproduction in which only the rich (those with the necessary financial means) and the straight (those who conform to dominant views of parenthood) are allowed to reproduce.

Ethical considerations on the moral status of the embryo and embryo-like structures†.

The current article provides an ethical reflection on the moral status of the human embryo, which is a crucial factor in determining permissible actions involving embryos and the extent of their protection. It advocates for the extension of the research period for embryos to 28-days post fertilization. It also states that integrated embryo-like structures (ELSs) should not currently be given the same moral status as natural embryos.