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alcina

(602 posts) Sun Sep 27, 2015, 10:42 AM Sep 2015

A quiet American invasion

If you're a would-be Canadian parent with a patriotic bent and you're looking for help conceiving, there could be cause for concern. That's because there's a shortage in this country — of Canadian sperm.

Toronto-based fertility doctor Alfonso Del Valle, of Repro Med — The Toronto Institute for Reproductive Medicine, says the majority of donated sperm in Canada is imported from the U.S....

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/the180/refugee-cessation-canadian-sperm-supply-the-case-against-national-polls-1.3242699/why-the-majority-of-sperm-donations-in-canada-are-from-the-u-s-1.3242843

We really need to stop exporting production of things that could so easily be made here.

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A quiet American invasion (Original Post) alcina Sep 2015 OP

Or at least find a better quality of donor. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #1

LOL n/t Spazito Sep 2015 #2

Sticky issue. nt Xipe Totec Sep 2015 #3

So if that sperm is an American citizen then the babies have dual citizenship? n/t Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #4

I did wonder about that as well alcina Sep 2015 #5

Anchor semen. Saviolo Sep 2015 #6

So if a Canadian citizen comes to the U.S. to donate sperm... Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #7

The mind reels... Saviolo Sep 2015 #8

But what if a space alien abducts a woman carrying a baby from a Canadian sperm doner who... Binkie The Clown Sep 2015 #9

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

(14,733 posts)

1. Or at least find a better quality of donor.

Reply to alcina (Original post)

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 10:44 AM

Sep 2015

Not just getting cheap, low quality US-made 'product'.

Spazito

(54,362 posts)

2. LOL n/t

Reply to alcina (Original post)

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 10:48 AM

Sep 2015

Xipe Totec

(44,063 posts)

3. Sticky issue. nt

Reply to alcina (Original post)

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 10:50 AM

Sep 2015

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

4. So if that sperm is an American citizen then the babies have dual citizenship? n/t

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Sun Sep 27, 2015, 11:16 AM

Sep 2015

alcina

(602 posts)

5. I did wonder about that as well

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 27, 2015, 12:32 PM

Sep 2015

The amusingly titled article "Alien Baby: Is Your Zygote American Enough" answers some of this.

http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/alien-baby-zygote-citizenship-immigration-american-79494

But the article is a year old and the rules are complex and changing. But I wouldn't be at all surprised if they were eventually deemed "citizens for tax purposes."