Can an American donate sperm in the UK for extra pocket money?

Posted by Rough-Permission-144@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 23 comments

I'm an American who's in the military and is stationed in the UK. I'm interested in donating sperm to make a little extra money. That said, I have a few questions about the process:

Can non-UK residents donate?
Are there any tax implications on the compensation? (Would it need to be reported as income?)
How are donors compensated?
Are donors 100% free of any responsibility of any children that result from the donation?

Any additional information about this would be greatly appreciated.

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moreglumthanplum@reddit

Sorry Mods, it was a deliberate pun or play on words

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Rough-Permission-144@reddit (OP)

I see what you did there.

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GetNooted@reddit

Impregnating our fine buxom lasses

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sennalvera@reddit

It's illegal to pay someone to donate gametes in the UK. You get some nominal amount, to cover eg transport costs to the clinic.

You will have no parental responsibility for any resulting children, but we don't have anonymous donation here. They would have the right to access your name/details once they turn 18.

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Rough-Permission-144@reddit (OP)

Interesting! In America donors get paid for donating plasma/sperm/etc. (typically bodily fluids that cannot be recreated artificially).

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Prize-Phrase-7042@reddit

Yeah, but thankfully we don't have American healthcare in the UK.

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sennalvera@reddit

Problem with that is it incentivises donation from higher-risk groups - drug addicts, etc. And it's not quite the same but we had a scandal some decades back where infected blood (HIV/Hep) that turned out to have been sourced from US prisons ended up in our national health supply. People are still living with the consequences. So we're a bit squirrely on such matters.

Voluntary donation seems to work out fine for blood, but afaik UK fertility clinics import sperm from other EU countries because hardly anyone donates locally anymore.

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Remote-Pool7787@reddit

All illegal in the UK

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TheShroudedWanderer@reddit

We don't really pay for blood or semen donations here. Like they'd cover travel expenses to the clinic for the donation but you don't actually get compensated for it.

Don't know about any of the other questions but considering you're asking this in regards to doing it for money it's pretty moot at this point.

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Kapika96@reddit

Makes sense. It's not really a donation if you're getting paid for it. That's just a sale.

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ClaphamOmnibusDriver@reddit

They are sales in reality. No need to prove costs.

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ClaphamOmnibusDriver@reddit

Yes, if a clinic will accept you (probably not) and it is not a violation of your military position.
You are likely exempt from UK taxation due to your military deployment status, so this is a US tax issue.
£45 per is standard (£985 for women).
Yes.

However, you cannot give anonymously. You identity be known to the child when they're older.

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thisisgettingdaft@reddit

It's illegal to pay for sperm donations in the UK. Same with blood and plasma, I think.

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StuChenko@reddit

Shame you just don't get a straight up payment of £45. I could easily live off £5040 a month.

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Duanedoberman@reddit

We have different motivations in the UK.

We donate through benevolence, not for financial gain.

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StuChenko@reddit

I'm pretty sure they only cover expenses.

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nomodsman@reddit

30 years from now, this is the event referenced when you’re asked if you have kids and you say “None that I know of.”

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Island_K1ng@reddit

!remindme 1 hour

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