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Eggs equals education for US egg donors

Posted on 18th May 2011 in Egg Donation

An interesting article in a Sunday newspaper recently showed just why in the UK we won’t ever go down the route of ‘selling eggs’. It told of examples of US university students who’d managed to fund their degrees through becoming egg donors – effectively selling their eggs to pay for their education...

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...