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Sperm bank challenges British men
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The head of Britain鈥檚 national sperm bank urged men to prove their manhood and help ease a shortage after the center signed up just nine registered donors in the year since its creation.
鈥淚f I advertised saying 鈥楳en, prove your worth, show me how good you are,鈥 then I would get hundreds of donors,鈥 Laura Witjens, the chief executive, told the Guardian newspaper.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 the way the Danish do it. They proudly say, this is the Viking invasion, exports from Denmark are beer, Lego and sperm. It鈥檚 a source of pride.鈥
Denmark鈥檚 biggest sperm bank, privately-owned Cryos, said it had more than 450 registered donors and was exporting sperm to more than 80 countries.
The Guardian said the advertising campaign鈥檚 鈥渟uperman鈥 theme had a serious message as donors had to have strong sperm for it to survive the freezing and thawing process.
The rigors of this process is one of the reasons the clinic has so few donors after almost a year, Witjens was quoted as saying.
She told the BBC that generally the bank got one registered donor from each 100 enquiries. An approved donor has to come to the clinic twice a week for up to four months and refrain from sex or masturbation for two days before each visit.
Donors receive 35 pounds (US$54) per session from the National Sperm Bank, a joint project between the National Gamete Donation Trust and Birmingham Women鈥檚 Hospital.
鈥淵ou shouldn鈥檛 do it for the money, there鈥檚 really not much in it for that,鈥 she told the BBC. 鈥淲e鈥檙e literally asking men to come forward ... and to help people to become a family.鈥
Human sperm is on sale in Britain for as much as 950 pounds per sample.
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