UK sperm donor crisis
10th Nov 2005, 01:22 GMT
A study by a leading UK fertility centre published on-line in Human Reproduction (Thursday 10 November) has found that the numbers of men - especially students - coming forward as potential sperm donors fell sharply after 2000, almost certainly due to growing awareness that changes in the law would be removing the right to anonymity.
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