California Cryobank is a sperm bank in California, United States, one of the two biggest in the world. There are offices in Palo Alto, Los Angeles, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and New York. According to the company in 2018, they had about 600 donors and 75,000 registered live births since 1977.[1] Since 2018, they no longer accept anonymous donations.[2] They offer a service to choose sperm from donors who resemble celebrities.[3] When they reach the age of 18 children conceived through sperm donation can ask for information about their biological fathers.[4] The bank also offers sperm of donors who have deceased, and co-founder Cappy Rothman was the first physician who extracted sperm post mortem. In 2016, it was estimated that there had been 200 such cases.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance. Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance. National Bioethics Advisory Commission. 1999. p. D-31. Retrieved 6 October 2018. The California Cryobank, founded in 1977, is one of the largest full—service sperm banks.
  2. ^ Seed capital – The business of sperm banks, The Economist, Sep 14th 2017
  3. ^ Casais importam sêmen dos EUA com busca que inclui semelhança com famosos, Estelita Hass Carazzai, Phillippe Watanabe, Folha de S. Paulo, May 28, 2018 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ "Soy hija única pero tengo 5 hermanos": los hijos de donantes de esperma que buscan sus raíces en internet, Beatriz Díez, BBC Mundo, August 2, 2016 (in Spanish)
  5. ^ El controvertido uso de esperma de hombres muertos para tener hijos, Jenny Morber, BBC, May 24, 2016 (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Widows and parents want to preserve dead men’s sperm–but what are the rights of the deceased?, Jenny Morber, Quartz, May 8, 2016

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