By Lee Woo-young in Seoul/The
Korea Herald | ANN – Fri,
Mar 11, 2011 6:50 PM SGT
Seoul (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Student sperm
donation has drawn controversy in China and debate has been raised as to whether it is
moral to do so.
College students make up about 90 percent of sperm donors in
China, Chinese news reports said.
An official at a sperm bank in Guangdong,
southern part of the South China Sea, said
that about 2,000 students donated sperm last year, making up 95
percent of all donors.
"It is hard to expect healthy sperm from stressed-out office
workers. College students fulfill the qualification of sperm
donors, which is young and healthy," said the official.
For this reason, sperm banks prefer young and healthy college
students and the number of students willing to donate sperm is on
the rise.
Sperm donors can earn about 3,000-4,000 yuan ($456 to $608). This is a relatively large
amount of money for college students, and
more than Chinese farmers can make a
month.
The Guangdong sperm bank selects donors through medical
checkups. Those who pass the medical test get paid 300 yuan for
each donation. Usually, a person donates 10 samples, receiving
about 3,000 yuan.
"It is hard to make more than 1,000 yuan even if you work
intensely all day, but if you donate your sperm, you can get a
large sum of money easily," said one student who has donated.
Another student said it was a meaningful job since it helped
reproductively challenged families.
However, some netizens have raised moral issues over sperm
donation, saying that it has turned into a way to make money among
college students. Some also worried that the chances of incest
would increase among children who, unbeknownst to them, were
conceived with the same sperm.
Source:
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/sperm-donation-most-popular-job-among-chinese-college-20110311-025002-792.html
