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Assisted Reproductive Technology: Artificial Insemination

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Artificial insemination is the oldest, well-established procedure in cases of untreatable male infertility which has been regulated and submitted to standard medical guidelines in most developed countries but not all.

Minimum requirements had to be respected by those running sperm banks in order to ensure safety and good medical practice for donors, recipients, and children born. The main medical risks of sperm donation are transferring infectious and genetic diseases; therefore, selection of sperm donors must include screening tests for both medical conditions. Anonymous sperm banking has been practiced for several decades. The present trend is to practice non-anonymous sperm donation because many donor-conceived persons have a desire and interest in finding out about where they came from.

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hadassah Medical Centre, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Joseph G. Schenker

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  1. Center for Healthcare Ethics, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Henk ten Have

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Schenker, J.G. (2016). Assisted Reproductive Technology: Artificial Insemination. In: ten Have, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09483-0_29

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