Lesbians in Sweden Cause Back-Up At Sperm Banks

Fertility clinics in Sweden are facing long waiting lists of people lined up for artificial insemination. Part of the reason for this is the recent spike in demand by from lesbian couples in vital need of man juice.

The demand has increased so much that customers at Sahlgrenska University Hostpital in Gothenburg are looking at treatment no sooner than an 18-month wait. 

Part of the reason for this potential problem is the 2005 law adjustment giving lesbian couples the right to fertility treatment at hospitals in Sweden. Before that change, the privilege was only given to married women and women who were "registered heterosexual partners."

Sahlgrenska's head of gynecology and reproductive medicine, Inger Bryman, reported to The Register  "We had estimated an increase of around 25 couples per year after the law change. Now there are 90 couples in line."

The lesbian couples in Sweden are among other causes of the country's sperm drought. The laws there do not restrict children from learning the identity of their biological father once they reach the age of 18, which does not exactly attract donors. 

While those two factors have affected Sweden's sperm shortage, the main reason is duff sperm, "either related to deterioration while being frozen or to medical conditions."

On the upside of the current sperm crisis, couples are looking abroad more and more for impregnation, mostly to Finland and Denmark. 

Men of Sweden, get out those dirty magazines - lesbians wanting to become mothers need you...