Another new prejudice–redheaded sperm donors

It’s official.  The latest prejudice is now red headed sperm donors.  No one wants red headed off-spring it appears.

According to the Washington Post (and lots of other ‘accordings’):

According to The Telegraph, by way of Gawker, the world’s largest sperm donor bank has revealed that, despite Christina Hendricksstar turn at the Emmys, it has begun turning down red-headed sperm donors.

Ole Schou, Cryos’s director, told the Danish newspaper Ekstrabladet :

“There are too many redheads in relation to demand. I do not think you chose a redhead, unless the partner — for example, the sterile male — has red hair, or because the lone woman has a preference for redheads. And that’s perhaps not so many, especially in the latter case.”

Cryos serves clients all over the world, so their findings of bias is international.

There is one place where little red heads are wanted and that is Ireland.  Should we be surprised?   Red hair and freckles are always welcome on the Emerald Isle.   Meanwhile, there is no crime in excluding certain attributes from sperm banks.   Prospective parents can always express a preference and it isn’t red heads! 

Ethical questions will always plague medical technologies.  Are there any taboos that parents should not get to select?