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| Russia to supply free sperm banks to troops fighting in Ukraine |
| 2022-12-29 |
| [AT] In an effort to preserve the families of those who may perish or be injured in armed conflict, the Russian government is taking steps to supply free access to sperm cryobanks for troops called up to fight in Ukraine. Russian news agency TASS reported that Igor Trunov, president of the Russian Union of Lawyers, stated that the Russian Health Ministry responded to his plan to finance the effort to allow Special Military Operations (SVO) troops the chance to freeze their sperm. According to Trunov, those mobilized "will receive a free quota for infertility treatment and storage of biomaterial in a cryobank." This, Trunov notes, marks a departure from the current compulsory medical services offered to troops. "The Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation determined the possibility of financial support from the federal budget for the free conservation and storage of germ cells (spermatozoa) for citizens mobilized to participate in SVO for 2022-2024," Trunov is reported as saying. The unorthodox move comes as 300,000 additional conscripts have been called up to serve in Ukraine, doubling the 150,000 troops President Vladimir Putin initially sent to carry out the mission, which is rapidly approaching its first anniversary on Feb. 23. The cryobanks would ensure that married men injured or killed in the line of duty would still be able to have children with their wives. OR they get knocked up by the Russian version of Jody "Andrei Ivanov from the city’s Mariinsky hospital said men preparing for the draft had come forward, as well as those who were planning to leave Russia," the BBC reported. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 They are killing off the flower of the generation at a time when the population has been falling for a while. If they don’t get at least some sperm out of them, the process will accelerate. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-29 21:47 |
| #7 Could this be to preserve sperm before exposure to nuclear or biological weapons? I hope this isn't a clue to Russia's future plans |
| Posted by: Jan 2022-12-29 18:49 |
| #6 Skid, isn't that a line in the beginning of Idiocracy? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-12-29 15:35 |
| #5 Are they contemplating stationing troops in Chernobyl again? Or maybe expecting some other kind of nuclear "accident?" |
| Posted by: James 2022-12-29 12:51 |
| #4 I will never depend on a man – I'm freezing my eggs at 37 so I can have a baby whenever I please |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-12-29 10:47 |
| #3 And I thought urinating in a cup was demeaning. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-29 10:31 |
| #2 When I deployed, I used to look forward to mail call. All these new services being provided to folks on deployment make me jealous. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-12-29 10:28 |
| #1 If Russia had access to 'Replacement People' from Latin America, they would not need cryobanks. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-29 02:42 |