A technician prepares vials containing sperm frozen in liquid nitrogen at the Study and Conservation of Human Eggs and Sperm (Centres d'etude et de conservation des ufs et du sperme humains - CECOS) at the university hospital (CHU) of Rennes, western France, on March 12, 2024. On March 13, 2024, 1.
A technician prepares vials containing sperm frozen in liquid nitrogen. Health Canada is replacing sperm donor screening questions about men who have sex with men in the previous three months with gender-neutral questions. Updated screening rules for sperm and egg donors came into force on Wednesday that remove a ban that restricted gay and bisexual men from donating to sperm banks, Health Canada said.
Lawyer Gregory Ko, a partner at Kastner Ko LLP in Toronto, called the change a milestone to celebrate but said it doesn't go far enough. Ko said the new screening criteria are still exclusionary because they continue to discriminate on the basis of sexual activity.Ko is representing Aziz M., a gay man who filed a case in January 2023 against the federal government, challenging the constitutionality of the policy.
"By including these men as potential donors it just allows access to those fertility patients who are looking for the right match," Sharma said, adding it also reduces the stigma against gay and bisexual men being able to participate.A general health questionnaire about major medical issues, including a physical exam.Questions about sexual relationships and partaking in IV drug use to protect recipients and minimize the risk of sexually transmitted infections.
A staff member monitors the movement of donor sperm at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo in 2022. Semen analysis is part of the screening at sperm banks.
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