Trent Arsenault’s Web site says the Fremont, California, resident studied engineering and computer science at the United States Naval Academy, has a technology job in Silicon Valley, and counts hiking and bird-watching among his hobbies. Arsenault’s site also lists his blood type, information about his latest physical exam, and the results of his most recent sexually transmitted disease tests.

The reason Arsenault, 36, makes all that information available online is that he provides his sperm to infertile married couples and female domestic partners. Here’s the twist: He gives his sperm away for free. He does so, he says, because he wants to spare those trying to conceive the high prices typically charged by traditional sperm banks.

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