The_Sperm_Bank_of_California

The Sperm Bank of California

The Sperm Bank of California

Non-profit sperm bank in Berkeley, California

The Sperm Bank of California (TSBC) is a nonprofit sperm bank in Berkeley, California. It was founded by Barbara Raboy in 1982.[1]

It has a program through which adults conceived from a sperm donation can contact the donor, which was first such program offered by a sperm bank. Many of the donors at the sperm bank take part in this program.[2][3][4][5] According to a 2002 article, at the time 1,100 children had been conceived with the help of the bank and officials of the bank said roughly four out of five clients had chosen the donor ID release option.[6] The bank serves a large lesbian and single-mother-by-choice clientele.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Tober, Diane M. (2002-10-10). "Semen as Gift, Semen as Goods: Reproductive Workers and the Market in Altruism". In Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Wacquant, Loic (eds.). Commodifying Bodies. SAGE. p. 143. ISBN 9781446236079.
  2. [2]
    Scheib, Joanna E.; Ruby, Alice; Benward, Jean (February 2017). "Who requests their sperm donor's identity? The first ten years of information releases to adults with open-identity donors". Fertility and Sterility. 107 (2): 483–493. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.10.023. ISSN 0015-0282. PMID 27887716.
  3. [3]
    Villarosa, Linda (May 21, 2002). "Once-Invisible Sperm Donors Get to Meet the Family". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  4. [4]
    Holguin, Jaime; Blackstone, John (July 3, 2003). "Sperm Donor Meets Offspring". CBS News. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
  5. [5]
    ‘Delivery Man’: 9 Sperm-Donation Questions You’re Too Embarrassed to Ask, Eliana Dockterman, TIME, Nov. 22, 2013
  6. [6]
    Families on the Cusp of an Uncharted Realm, Scott Harris, Los Angeles Times, May 03, 2002
  7. [7]
    Donor-Conceived Children Demand Rights, Alessandra Rafferty, NewsWeek, 2/25/11
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