Changes to anonymity laws for sperm donors in 2005 has led to shortages in sperm donations in the UK. Now the BBC has reported that this is leading to women travelling overseas to conceive with donor sperm - often to the world's largest sperm bank, which resides in Denmark.
In 2007 the Danish sperm bank treated just 20 women from the UK, but as sperm supplies here in the UK have dwindled, this number has risen to 50 per year, and is set to increase further still.
DanFert clinic in Denmark has a rather unusual slogan for it's patients. "Congratulations, it's a Viking." Cute as this may be, for many British women, travelling overseas for fertility treatment is a hassle and inconvenience they could do without.
The Danish clinic says the changing legislation in neighbouring countries has forced many European women to seek treatment in Denmark.
Follow this link for the full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8298465.stm
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