sperm

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Second, the attorney general asserted that Article 1, Section 2 of the Florida Constitution bars biological parents—like egg and sperm donors—from transferring their parental rights to another party.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

In Chloe’s case, she began the pregnancy process by contracting with a fertility clinic to implant an embryo conceived with Silvia’s egg and Fausto’s sperm.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

There are no health checks, legal safeguards preventing the donor from claiming parental rights or limits on the number of children a donor's sperm could be used to conceive.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Germ cells, the cells that form the sperm and the egg, are also subject to mutations, which can be particularly consequential since such changes can be passed along to the next generation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

Every hybrid inherited two such particles—one from the sperm and one from the egg.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee