Sperm donation is an essential way to have a baby for many people. It enables pregnancy in women who are single or in same-sex relationships. Patients considering sperm donation should know that thorough screening is carried out and documented on all donor sperm samples available through sperm banks, according to Canadian Federal Regulations. This screening involves a thorough family history, complete medical, social and sometimes psychological history, blood group information, genetic screening and screening for transmissible diseases. Thorough testing of Known Donors is also required. As part of the regulated guidelines, all donated sperm must be quarantined for a period of 6 months to ensure that the donor still screens negative for infectious diseases such as HIV after initial testing.

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The families -- all of whom used the same donor -- have brought three separate suits against Georgia-based Xytex Corp and Ontario-based Outreach Health Services over the sperm of Donor , who they allege was promoted as a highly educated, healthy and popular donor. Statements of claim filed in a Newmarket, Ont. The documents allege Xytex failed to properly investigate the donor's education claims and his medical history, and misrepresented him to customers, including suggesting he had the IQ level of a genius. A lawyer for Xytex, however, said the company looks forward to "successfully defending itself" and noted that one of the families involved had already filed a similar lawsuit against the company in the U. Making unfounded allegations in the court of public opinion requires no actual proof at all, but merely the word of the very lawyers and litigants who already failed in a court of law," Ted Lavender told The Canadian Press.

Sperm donation is a fertility treatment where sperm from an anonymous or known sperm donor is used to create a pregnancy. The sperm donor can either be someone you know, such as a family member or friend, or you can choose to use an anonymous donor. For IVF, eggs are inseminated with donor sperm and then transferred into the uterus of the intended mother or a gestational carrier. CReATe is one of two Canadian clinics to offer known sperm donation.