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Egg donation - why is it seen as negative?

Posted on 22nd June 2011 in Egg Donation

There was a great story in the press recently about an Australian woman who has become the world’s most generous egg donor. Faith Haugh from Melbourne has undergone 41 donor cycles in the past 17 years, resulting in 19 children who otherwise wouldn’t be here without Faith’s unwavering desire to help others. Her empathy to those who need help to have a baby even influenced her husband, who became a sperm donor and gave life to a further four children himself...

Egg donor shortage - what's the solution?

Posted on 15th April 2011 in Egg Donation

The HFEA still going through its consultation - do you think egg donors should be paid? It can be argued that payment in one form or another is justified not only to try to meet the rising need for donor eggs, but also to reduce exploitation of the women who require donated eggs and those who have specifically been recruited into the egg trading market from outside the UK, given the risks associated with donating eggs...