 March 15, 2006
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Egg Donation - Some Ethical Issues |
| Presenter: |
Diane Ballard, Program Coordinator
UCSD Research Ethics Program |
| Location: |
SDSU Foundation: Sky Park |
| Discussion: |
"Help our dream come true. A loving, caring couple seeking egg donor. Candidates should be intelligent, athletic, blonde, at least 5'10", have a 1400+ SAT score, and possess no major family medical issues. $50,000." Advertisement placed in the student newspapers of Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale (1999) |
Discussion
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- Are there ethical concerns when couples "order up" specific characteristics and pay huge sums of money for donated eggs?
- Are eggs a free market commodity?
- Is compensation wrong or only fair considering the donation procedure?
- When does financial compensation become coercion?
- Are donors adequately informed about the risks?
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