{"id":307855,"date":"2024-03-02T13:47:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T19:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307855"},"modified":"2024-03-01T00:43:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T06:43:19","slug":"ukraine-legalizes-sperm-soldiers-die-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ukraine-legalizes-sperm-soldiers-die-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine legalizes use of sperm from soldiers who die in combat to ‘preserve the gene pool’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lawmakers in the Ukraine Parliament have legalized a measure allowing the use of sperm from soldiers who have been killed on the front lines. The legislation changes a previous law which mandated that any sperm donated and frozen by a soldier prior to service be destroyed if the soldier died in combat.<\/p>\n

According to NDTV<\/a>, many soldiers have been freezing their sperm before heading into combat. The new legislative package allows the soldiers’ partners to utilize the frozen sperm in the hopes of becoming pregnant, with the idea that it will “preserve the gene pool of the Ukrainian people, which is particularly urgent amid continuing Russian aggression.”<\/p>\n

“[It] is the right of every person to continue their own family,” commented<\/a> Alla Tsymanovska, a medical lawyer.<\/p>\n