Israeli sperm donor crisis
Contrary to widespread medical procedures designed to help women get pregnant, the sperm donation procedure is controversial among Israeli heterosexual couples, be it for psychological or religious reasons.
![Par1216764 Aarhus, DENMARK: TO GO WITH STORY BY SLIM ALLAGUI: Vials of sperm are frozen at Cryos, the world's biggest sperm bank, 12 March 2007 in Aarhus, Denmark. The existence of the firm is being threatened by the Danish income tax administration, which wants to tax revenue from sperm donations by lifting the anonymity of donors. The tax measure has yet to be approved by parliament, but could sound the death knell for the sperm bank, which has grown into an international success in the last 15 years thanks to what](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2014/02/73680430.jpg/73680430.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=JLGvRMpQ)
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