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jep
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donate an egg for money?
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Mar 16 16:13 UTC 2006 |
USA Today on-line has an article about how college women and young
professional women, especially those with high SAT scores and great
looks, are being offered pretty good money to donate an egg to
potential parents. According to the article, ads offer $10,000 or
more. There's not a lot of regulation. Some states are starting to
look at laws aimed at the practice.
Is this ethical?
If you're a young woman, how much money would it take for you to
participate in donating an egg?
For anyone else, how much would you pay and what criteria would you
have if you were to solicit an egg from someone else?
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jadecat
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response 1 of 50:
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Mar 16 16:35 UTC 2006 |
A ton of money. Given the pain, the hormones, the overall difficulty of
doing this... I don't think it's worth it.
There are some who disagree, who don't mind overloading their bodies
with hormones so that you (hopefully) produce additional eggs for
harvesting. It can be quite the invasive procedure... Quite unlike the
male alternative.
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slynne
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response 2 of 50:
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Mar 16 16:51 UTC 2006 |
I dont think there is anything unethical about this at all. I might
have even done it back when I was around 20 or so because I was living
on my own and working a minimum wage job and $10k would have been a LOT
of money to me at that time. Nowadays, I wouldnt do it but for the
reasons jadecat mentions. Of course it is a moot point since I am too
old for anyone to want my eggs anyways.
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jadecat
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response 3 of 50:
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Mar 16 17:00 UTC 2006 |
(Well yeah, at the ripe old age of 31 I think I'm in the 'too old to
donate' category. ;) )
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klg
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response 4 of 50:
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Mar 16 17:30 UTC 2006 |
How are your looks and SATs?
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jadecat
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response 5 of 50:
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Mar 16 17:34 UTC 2006 |
Never took the SATs, but I got a 31 out of 36 on my ACTs.
As for looks, I'm a green-eyed blonde.
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keesan
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response 6 of 50:
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Mar 16 18:37 UTC 2006 |
How much is the standard payment for incubating an egg that was fertilized,
the result of which will become the property of the sperm provider?
(surrogate mother payment)
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aruba
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response 7 of 50:
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Mar 16 20:05 UTC 2006 |
What is the procedure for donating an egg?
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jadecat
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response 8 of 50:
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Mar 16 20:26 UTC 2006 |
From this website: Alternative Family Building.com
http://tinyurl.com/ftzo2
"The protocol of most reproductive specialist is to use birth control
pills to put the cycle of the Intended Mother or Gestational Surrogate
in sync with the cycle of the Egg Donor. Once the cycles are
synchronized, injectible medications, blood tests and ultrasounds will
be used to determine the time of egg retrieval for the Egg Donor
(usually 9 to 12 days after starting stimulation medications) and to
determine the correct timing for the embryo transfer for the Intended
Mother or Gestational Surrogate. During the egg donation process the
donor will be giving herself injectible medications to supress her own
natural hormones and then injecting herself with hormones to increase
the number of eggs that are retrieved. The doctor will aspirate the eggs
from the egg donor, fertilize them and incubate them for two to five days. "
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edina
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response 9 of 50:
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Mar 16 20:49 UTC 2006 |
I don't think it's any less ethical than donating sperm.
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rcurl
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response 10 of 50:
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Mar 16 21:12 UTC 2006 |
Seems perfectly ethical to me. No one is being harmed.
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jadecat
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response 11 of 50:
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Mar 16 21:16 UTC 2006 |
Ethical- sure, and very helpful to couple who potentially can't have
children any other way.
Painful and diffult (physically) well yes, that too.
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keesan
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response 12 of 50:
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Mar 16 21:16 UTC 2006 |
Injections hurt, but they are being paid for it.
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jadecat
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response 13 of 50:
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Mar 16 21:30 UTC 2006 |
It's not just the injections, it's the effects that the hormones have on
the rest of the body- as well as the pain from when they actually go in
to retrieve the eggs.
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naftee
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response 14 of 50:
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Mar 17 00:47 UTC 2006 |
chicks laying eggs. whoa
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nharmon
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response 15 of 50:
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Mar 17 01:24 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, I'm kinda in the mood for some french toast.
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richard
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response 16 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:03 UTC 2006 |
At sperm banks, they charge higher prices to get the sperm of men with
postgraduate degrees, men who went to ivy league schools, doctors .etc.
Tall men's sperm commands high prices too, because a lot of people hope their
kids turn out tall.
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aruba
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response 17 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:07 UTC 2006 |
"aspirate"? Should I ask?
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keesan
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response 18 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:18 UTC 2006 |
Taller people do not live as long. That has been shown statistically to
explain why on average women live longer than men. Tall people are useful
for warfare or hunting (or reaching things on high shelves).
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edina
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response 19 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:19 UTC 2006 |
And hanging drapes.
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twenex
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response 20 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:20 UTC 2006 |
In that case, you're all invited to my 1000th birthday!
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edina
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response 21 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:24 UTC 2006 |
Hah!! I'll be there in spirit. ;-)
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keesan
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response 22 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:43 UTC 2006 |
My grandfather was about 5' 4" and lived to be about 95.
Jeff, are you minus 5' tall?
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twenex
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response 23 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:44 UTC 2006 |
This response has been erased.
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twenex
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response 24 of 50:
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Mar 17 16:44 UTC 2006 |
To the sixteenth of an inch!
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