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...protest, activist monks declared a boycott against military men and their families, refusing to accept the alms from them that earn the donor merit in a future life, or to participate in weddings and funerals. The boycott stirred anxiety among the troops. "Most of the young soldiers come from villages where monks are held in high respect," says Omar Farouk, a Burmese Muslim living in Bangkok...
...Andromeda Strain, Michael Crichton accepts the charge that genetic research these days is a headlong, unregulated profit-and-glory grab by microbiologists with more skill than wisdom. Suppose, says Crichton, that a respectable paleozoologist (call him Alan Grant) begins to get increasingly detailed queries from a secretive corporate donor about what infant dinosaurs ate. Grant sends in his best guess. More questions follow, and they have a ring of urgency. What is this...
...love kids and feel I have a lot to offer." She discussed the idea of single motherhood with her own mother, friends and a psychotherapist. But it was concern about encountering fertility problems as she grew older that convinced her that "the time had come." She was impregnated by donor insemination, and was expecting a baby in late October...
Once a single woman has decided to follow that drive, she faces a choice of methods. Each option presents its own perils. For adoption, there are long waits, deals that fall through, no control over genes. Intercourse with a selected partner or insemination by a known donor can open the door to future wrangles over custodial rights. Hence many women opt for insemination with the sperm of a faceless donor. The amount of information about the donor varies from clinic to clinic; a few provide detailed medical histories and personal profiles...
...says Dr. Cappy Rothman, who heads the California Cryobank in Los Angeles. Some single mothers, sensitized by the related debate regarding adoption, want to carve out an option for their children now. The Sperm Bank of California in Oakland offers a new contract that, if signed by both sperm donor and mother, would allow a child access to his father's name upon turning 18. Lawyers warn, however, that such contracts are largely untested in the courts...