Egg Donation

UK increases compensation for sperm and egg donors

Michael Cook | 22 October 2011

Was the outcome of the UK’s fertility watchdog’s public consultation over compensation for sperm and egg donors ever in doubt? This week the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority announced that it was increasing allowable fees for egg donors from £250 to £750 per cycle and introducing a £35 per visit compensation for sperm donors.

US women join class-action lawsuit demanding more money for eggs

Michael Cook | 16 April 2011

Thousands of women across the United States have joined a class-action suit demanding better compensation for egg donors. The case was lodged this week in San Francisco by two firms, Finkelstein Thompson and Cafferty Faucher. It claims that the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology and the San Francisco-based Pacific Fertility Center engaged in anti-competitive behaviour to fix the price paid to egg donors.

UK fertility watchdog considers sperm and egg market

Michael Cook | 28 August 2010

Floating ideas before public consultation

Eggsploitation

Michael Cook | 31 July 2010

New documentary from Center for Bioethics and Culture

Report scrutinises egg donor compensation, self-regulation

Jared Yee | 14 May 2010

Concerns over exploitation

Harvard eggs going for US$35,000

Michael Cook | 02 April 2010

Study in The Hastings Center Report