Russian soldiers who are fighting the war against Ukraine will have right to free freezing and storage of sperm in cryobanks. This was reported by the Russian state news agency Tass: “The families of those who have been called up for military service as part of the partial mobilization will have free access to infertility treatment and storage of biomaterial in a cryobank,” it explained. Igor Trunov, president of the Russian Union of Lawyers, who represents several couples whose husbands have been conscripted and who have asked for assistance.
The Russian Ministry of Health has responded positively to the call for the “creation of a free cryobank of genetic material” and “changes to the compulsory health insurance system to allocate a free quota of infertility treatment for citizens of the Russian Federation participating in the special military operation,” added the lawyer. «The Ministry of Health has decided that it is possible use federal budget money to fund free sperm preservation and storage of citizens mobilized in the special military operation, in 2022-2024. Any subsequent free use of genetic material stored in assisted reproductive technology is governed by law, provided it is stated as part of the compulsory health insurance package.’
Within days of the announcement of the creation of a free cryobank of genetic material, many men turned to IVF clinics to freeze their sperm and draw up documents authorizing their wives to use it. So that, in the event of death or loss of fertility, they can still have children.
In November, according to estimates, the number of Russian soldiers killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine exceeded 100 thousand (and the total is similar on the Ukrainian side as well). In September, after a series of battlefield setbacks, Russian President Vladimir Putin drafted 300,000 more people. The “partial mobilisation” resulted in an exodus from Russia: thousands of men of military age fled rather than face the risk of being drafted (more than 8,500 Russians took refuge in neighboring Finland).
Source: Vanity Fair
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