(ANSA) Rome, April 30 - Business is booming for Italian
clinics offering sperm donations for infertile couples after an
Italian court declared unconstitutional legislation previously
forbidding artificial insemination.
As many as 3500 couples have contacted clinics to ask about
obtaining donor sperm over the last 22 days since the landmark
ruling April 9 by the Consultative Court overturned the legal
ban, the head of the Italian fertility clinics' association,
Cecos Italia, Elisabetta Coccia, told ANSA.
However she added that the Government needs to issue clear
guidelines on procedures to be followed by clinics. "We are
seeing a 'boom' in requests for artificial insemination. But it
is necessary that the health ministry give clear indications
through guidelines. Up to now we have not had any reply
regarding our request".
"We can't start until the ministry gives indications to
clarify the picture," she said.
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