{"id":44491,"date":"2026-06-16T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/44491\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:00:12","slug":"swipe-right-for-sperm-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/44491\/","title":{"rendered":"Swipe right for sperm | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Swipe right for sperm | BBC News\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CIaKWk7p0cY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSwipe right for sperm | BBC News<br \/>\n<br \/>\nWith fertility prices soaring and treatment difficult to access for some, same-sex female couples say they have little choice but to turn to social media to make a baby. <\/p>\n<p>Social media groups and apps are fuelling a cheap, easy and totally unregulated donor market. But it\u2019s risky: outside of a sperm clinic, there\u2019s no guarantee of health screening, and you\u2019re not legally protected. <\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just a gamble for those wanting to get pregnant. According to the UK\u2019s fertility regulator, men who donate sperm outside of clinics may also be breaking the law if they\u2019re storing, processing or sending sperm. <\/p>\n<p>But what do they think of this? Meet the men travelling the world to donate sperm, and find out what happens when BBC reporter Gemma Dunstan tries to order a sample online.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full documentary here: https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/iplayer\/episode\/m002xlyn\/bbc-wales-investigates-swipe-right-for-sperm<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Spermdonor #Fertility #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Swipe right for sperm | BBC News With fertility prices soaring and treatment difficult to access for some,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6],"tags":[42244,176,42238,234,42240,236,20754,42242,42232,42239,42235,31,42236,42237,939,42230,42233,42241,42245,42246,42231,42243,267,42234,235],"class_list":["post-44491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bbc-news","tag-a-sperm-donor-and-his-30-children-dw-documentary","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-documentary-2026","tag-bbc-news","tag-bbc-sperm-donor-documentary","tag-breaking-news","tag-fertility","tag-fertility-crisis","tag-fertility-donor","tag-fertility-donors","tag-fertility-treatment","tag-news","tag-online-fertility-treatment","tag-online-sperm-donor","tag-sperm","tag-sperm-donor","tag-sperm-donor-documentary","tag-sperm-donor-documentary-netflix","tag-sperm-donor-pregnancy","tag-sperm-donor-stories","tag-sperm-for-sale","tag-sperm-for-sale-love-story","tag-uk-politics","tag-uk-sperm-donor","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116760222359156087","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}