Finding a sperm donor has become as easy as online shopping
The Current powered by Kim Komando
WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc
4.6 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2017
⏱️ 18 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | fertility and technology have finally met. Imagine swiping left or right on your smartphone to choose |
| 0:07.6 | your child or scrolling through Facebook and Craigslist for a sperm donor. It's already happening. |
| 0:14.3 | And as with anything dealing with the conception of a child, there are certainly a lot of ethical |
| 0:18.7 | and medical concerns. But some women and couples who desperately |
| 0:22.7 | want to have a child, they've bypassed traditional sperm banks and technology for a more, I guess |
| 0:28.6 | you'd say, personal way of conceiving. I'll never forget reading about these 11 women in England. |
| 0:34.5 | They've gone to 58-year-old Raymond Hull for help. Hull claims that he's fathered |
| 0:40.1 | 22 children with these women. Wow, could you imagine? 22 kids. But thanks to technology, |
| 0:48.4 | non-traditional methods are taking over in the conception department. I'm sure by now you're |
| 0:53.7 | used to getting your laundry detergent, your shoes, and groceries online. |
| 0:57.3 | So why not some sperm? |
| 0:59.7 | It's a little crazy to think that a vial of the liquid gold could be delivered to your door |
| 1:04.0 | alongside all your groceries and paper towels. |
| 1:07.4 | I'm America's Digital Pro, Kim Commando, and in this Commando-on-demand podcast, I thought it was just so fascinating. |
| 1:15.0 | We're going to talk about how technology has changed the way that sperm banks do business, |
| 1:19.6 | like going through Facebook, Craigslist, or other social media sites. |
| 1:23.4 | People are doing it, but it's crazy, it's risky. |
| 1:26.5 | And we're going to talk about a new home |
| 1:28.3 | testing tech kit for men. Later on, some apps from pro-creation entrepreneurs. You're not going to |
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