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Inside the murky world of online sperm banks

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John Furner
John Furnerhttps://dailyobserver.uk
Experienced multimedia journalist with a background in investigative reporting. Expert in interviewing, reporting, fact-checking, and working on a deadline. Excel at cinematic storytelling and sourcing images, sound bites, and video for multimedia publication. Work well with photographers and videographers when not shooting his own stories, and love to collaborate on large, in-depth features.

The Daily Observer London Desk: Reporter- John Furner

British men are trying to lure women desperate for a baby into having unprotected sex under the pretence it’s more successful than fertility treatments.

These men present the ‘traditional’ method as a superior alternative to IVF or home insemination kits, which can inject donated sperm into the vagina.

The UK’s independent regulator of fertility treatment, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), has warned women to ‘never’ agree to have sex with a sperm donor due to the dangers.

Meet some of the British men offering their sperm online with offering dubious claims about natural insemination. Also don’t worry, they insist ‘it’s not a perv thing’

John Furner
John Furnerhttps://dailyobserver.uk
Experienced multimedia journalist with a background in investigative reporting. Expert in interviewing, reporting, fact-checking, and working on a deadline. Excel at cinematic storytelling and sourcing images, sound bites, and video for multimedia publication. Work well with photographers and videographers when not shooting his own stories, and love to collaborate on large, in-depth features.

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John Furner
John Furnerhttps://dailyobserver.uk
Experienced multimedia journalist with a background in investigative reporting. Expert in interviewing, reporting, fact-checking, and working on a deadline. Excel at cinematic storytelling and sourcing images, sound bites, and video for multimedia publication. Work well with photographers and videographers when not shooting his own stories, and love to collaborate on large, in-depth features.