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Japan's sperm donation law stirs dispute
By Agence France-Presse
Oct 22, 2022 12:40 am

TOKYO: Tomohiro Osaki Satoko Nagamura and her girlfriend conceived their son with donated sperm, but new legislation in Japan could effectively outlaw the procedure for lesbian couples and single women.

For decades, anonymous sperm donation has existed in a legal grey zone in Japan, with no law explicitly prohibiting it, but no framework to govern it either.

LEGAL ISSUE This picture taken on Sept. 28, 2022 shows a member of staff monitoring the movement of donor sperm at Keio University Hospital in Tokyo. For decades, anonymous sperm donation has existed in a legal grey zone in Japan, with no law explicitly prohibiting it, but no framework to govern it either. AFP PHOTO

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