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		fhdkweig 72 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facing a demographic catastrophe, Ukraine is payin... The United States military was apparently interested in the idea in a 2022 article, although I can't find any recent information on it. https://qz.com/610131/the-us-military-will-pay-for-soldiers-... https://www.progress.org.uk/us-military-to-offer-egg-and-spe...

eurleif 72 days ago [–]

And Israel has been freezing soldiers' sperm post-mortem: https://www.npr.org/2026/01/18/nx-s1-5658287/families-of-isr...

idiomaddict 72 days ago | [–]

I’ve never been bothered by the idea of my corpse being mistreated, but that feels like several bridges too far

red-iron-pine 72 days ago | | [–]

presumably this is a flag or box you can check in your military paperwork

this also assumes there is enough of you left to recover, identify, and freeze

idiomaddict 66 days ago | | [–]

They only ask the parents

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