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FDA Orders Trent to Shut Down: Do You Agree?

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 -- 5:10 AM

Trent Arsenault, who donates his sperm to couples looking to have children, was ordered by the FDA to "cease manufacture."

Trent's attorney, Amber Taylor, says this is an instance in which the government is inappropriately applying regulations. "Trent is not a sperm bank, Trent is not a small medical practice. Trent is an individual."

Anderson asks, "So if Trent was having intercourse with all these different women and they were getting pregnant, the FDA wouldn't have anything to say about that. It's because he's giving it away in the way that he is?"

"Correct" says Taylor.

Trent's response: "I don't know if sperm is a food or a drug. If I am told to stop manufacturing. That would be tough for me to do."


Do you think what Trent is doing should be stopped? Does government have a right to intervene? Is this an instance of government intrusion into the life of an individual? Join the conversation.