Can you blame them? ------ Some troops freeze sperm before deploying SAN DIEGO — Some servicemen heading to the Middle East are doing something only modern-day military fighters would consider. They are freezing their sperm before they ship out. Fear of vaccines and possible exposure to chemical and biological agents has prompted at least 80 men in the military to visit laboratories that process and store sperm. It's a small number from the nation's two largest sperm banks, but it's a huge shift from previous years when the labs say they had almost no military clients. California Cryobank in Los Angeles is offering military men a year of free storage and discounts on sperm processing. The lab fielded about 80 calls and scheduled 37 appointments in the past three weeks, client manager Nolberto Delgadillo says. Another sperm bank, Fairfax Cryobank in Fairfax, Va., has been setting two or three appointments a week for the past several months. And the Cambridge, Mass., branch of California Cryobank has gotten about 15 calls and set five appointments. Lab managers say the men making the inquiries aren't doing this in case they die in combat. Instead, they're more concerned about coming home and discovering they're infertile and unable to start a family. click link above for complete story
I won't even bother with the obvious "This coming from a guy nicknamed POLE" response.... OK, maybe I will.
Speaking of this subject. Has anyone ever had to give a "sample" before? I have. It is a very over-rated experience.
I remember when I was at Rice that a sperm bank in the med center would recruit donors with an ad in the school newspaper every week. They wanted pre-med and engineering students with certain SAT scores and GPAs and stuff. I never knew anybody who took them up on the offer, though. I would find it somewhat disturbing to have kids with my seed running around town and I wouldn't even know about it...
