$5,000 Subsidy for Semen Donors—Myths and Facts

I used to think it was just a joke, but after reading the article, I found out it’s actually true. And not only is it true—there are actually a lot of guys donating sperm: more than 100 a day (about 40,000 per year at a single clinic).

It’s reported that infertility rates are close to 15%, and about 40% of those cases stem from low sperm quality in men.

Because sperm donations have bulked up sperm banks, the market has shifted in favor of buyers: people now list all kinds of demands for sperm donors, such as requiring them to be 2 meters tall, hold a PhD from a top-tier university, or even look like certain celebrities. For the sake of having healthy kids, couples are willing to go to great lengths.

The article ultimately encourages wealthy people to freeze their sperm between ages 23 and 28, so that no matter how old they get, they can still use sperm from their twenties to father children later in life.

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