Legal issues and recommendations for public sperm bank

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J Korean Med Assoc. 2018;61(7):403-407

Publication date (electronic) : 2018 July 18

doi : https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2018.61.7.403

Department of Urology, Cheil General Hospital & Women's Healthcare Center, Dankook University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Ju Tae Seo. jtandro@cgh.co.kr

Received 2018 June 18; Accepted 2018 July 02.

Abstract

Approximately 15% of couples hoping to conceive are infertile. Male factor infertility is the only cause in 40% of those couples. Approximately 20% of men with infertility have azoospermia. Of these patients, roughly 40% are experience obstruction or absence of sperm passage. However, the other 60% of patients must seek out adoption or conceive using a sperm bank. Currently, recommendations regarding legal issues are needed for sperm banks to be operated safely and effectively, and this paper provides a set of such recommendations.

Keywords: Infertility; Sperm banks

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