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A company called MakeAmom is promoting a $250 “semen theft” product as a way to get around a U.S. law that makes it illegal to punch holes in condoms without the knowledge of both participants.
One ad posted on It’s not,” he points out.
One ad shows someone puncturing a condom with a syringe while a cover version of “Sweet but Psycho” plays in the background.
In the next segment, an unidentified person picks up a used condom from a trash can.
The ad, under the heading “Not legal advice” about X, urges users to purchase a device that allows them to “use collected semen for home insemination.”
The kit is an “intracervical insemination device” that claims to allow women to “get pregnant without intercourse,” and comes with a sample cup and syringe.
In the ad, a user is seen picking up a syringe and sucking out sperm from a used condom.
The ad instructs users to “push the sperm into your vagina.” The clip then cuts to an animated illustration showing the sperm swimming towards the egg.
The ad then cuts to a clip of a pregnant woman caressing her baby bump. Next, several news headlines appear reporting on cases in which authorities arrested a man for punching a hole in a condom.
MakeAmom boasts that the device provides “comfortable artificial insemination that mimics natural intercourse.”
Designed to collect “small amounts of frozen sperm,” the “Impregnator” requires users to absorb a specimen of semen and inject it into the appropriate area to “bring the sperm closer to the egg.” . It is said to be a more effective method than regular sexual intercourse.
The company also sells “fertility enhancement supplements,” but warns that one of the side effects of “fertility enhancement” is “abnormally high sex drive.”
The company’s website, which lists an address in Brownsville, Texas, touts the kit as an inexpensive alternative to other fertility treatments.
“The average cost of IUI (intrauterine insemination) is over $2,000 and the cost of IVF is an average of $10,000 per session. MakeAmom costs a fraction of that and only needs to be purchased once.” Memo.
The Post has contacted the company for comment.
X declined to comment.
