US Sperm Exports Explode; Canadians Upset
Alex Tabarrok
The US is a world leader in sperm exports primarily because sperm banks in the U.S. are run on a for-profit basis. As a result, US sperm is reckoned to be of high quality (we always knew this didn't we?) particulary because the US version comes with a background on the vitals of the donor. Denmark also exports a lot of sperm because of high standards and demand for that blond, blue-eyed look.
Exports to Canada have increased in recent years because of a scandal involving poorly screened Canadian sperm. Canadians also import a lot of US eggs. The Canadian government, however, is apparently miffed as a new law is being readied that would forbid donations involving a paid donor. The law would not only make paid donation illegal in Canada it would make it illegal to use any paid-for sperm. Canadian couples seeking fertility options will suffer and who will benefit? I cannot think that this law is anything but spiteful and ridiculous. Is paying for sperm an original sin? As with other areas of Canadian medicine (see Tyler's posts here and here), the rich will now travel to the United States for treatment.
Aside: The Canadian Health Official quoted here is ignorant or disengeneous when she says "We don't buy or sell blood, or organs or tissues." In fact, Canada also imports a lot of US blood plasma. Plasma takes longer to donate than straight blood and as a result altruistic donation rates are low and much of the world relies on paid-for US plasma for its life-saving properties. Similarly, donating eggs is not nearly as much fun as donating sperm so altruistic donation of Canadian eggs is unlikely to make-up for restrictions on the import of paid-for US eggs.
Area of trade you don't hear about that often.
Area of trade you don't hear about that often.
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/margi ... xport.html
No nation was ever ruined by trade.
– Benjamin Franklin
– Benjamin Franklin
The truth is Kyoukan swallows all of our exportskyoukan wrote:why the fuck would i care
other than the fact I don't want my country overrun by a bunch of fat, flag waving, prescription medication addicted, television controlled zombies by the next generation
people who sell their sperm to sperm banks are creepy.
Atokal
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Niccolo Machiavelli
If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.
Niccolo Machiavelli
Atokal wrote:The truth is Kyoukan swallows all of our exportskyoukan wrote:why the fuck would i care
other than the fact I don't want my country overrun by a bunch of fat, flag waving, prescription medication addicted, television controlled zombies by the next generation
people who sell their sperm to sperm banks are creepy.
this from kinder, more polite Atokal
why the hell would you even post that?
I would seriously consider swallowing yours for no other reason than to keep it as far away from some poor woman's (or in your case a young girl's) egg as I possibly could. I would get a medal for saving society from whatever fucking half-human filth your offspring would fester in to. Fortunately we don't have to worry about that since yours all ends up balled up in a kleenex anyway.
