The text below has been directly copied from my original source.
Several aspects of this vignette foreshadow the trajectory of sperm donation (but not the practice of inseminating women without their knowledge). The medical profession continued to play a central role. Doctors selected donors on the basis of their “superior” qualities, secrecy marked the enterprise, and sperm was produced for a particular recipient. According to one midcentury study of several hundred men, the majority of donors produced less than 10 samples.
My Paraphrase of the Original Source
Almeling acknowledges that the medical profession is integral to the continuing trajectory of sperm donation. The author argues that doctors (not recipients) secretly chose donors based on "superior" attributes. In addition, Almeling emphasizes the questionably ethical historical aspects of donation by including statistics from a midcentury survey of donors. Of these hundreds of participants, only a few contributed more than 10 samples (Almeling).
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My Summary of the Original Source
Almeling indicates that historical sperm donation was unethical due to immoral medical practices exhibited in various midcentury studies.
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