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Updated on 26 January 2009

By Rags Martel

Fertility clinics are worried about the shrinking number of sperm donors, as More4 News reports.

New guidelines came into force this month tightening up screening of potential sperm donors for disease.

The number of sperm donors has been dropping since the removal of donor anonymity three years ago, with not nearly enough for the number of women seeking help.

Rags Martel reports.

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