Sperm and egg donation service agencies offer hope to infertile parents who hope to conceive their own children in the future. Sperm donation is a relatively easy process, requiring no more than an hour's time. However, donating eggs is a rather complicated task, requiring months of hormone therapy and minor surgical procedures to retrieve the harvested eggs. In addition, drugs injected into women cause their ovaries to ovulate several eggs at once, greatly increasing the odds of developing cancer. To compensate for the 'inconvenience', women are given a large sum of money. Often, young, female college students are targeted for egg donations since they are considered more educated and healthier that their older female counterparts. Do you think females should be compensated for donating their eggs? Why or why not? Is it appropriate for egg donation agencies to advertise for potential egg donors on college campuses?

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Ross Pitts

Biology

21 April, 00:38

Sperm and egg donation service agencies offer hope to infertile parents who hope to conceive their own children in the future. Sperm donation is a relatively easy process, requiring no more than an hour's time. However, donating eggs is a rather complicated task, requiring months of hormone therapy and minor surgical procedures to retrieve the harvested eggs. In addition, drugs injected into women cause their ovaries to ovulate several eggs at once, greatly increasing the odds of developing cancer. To compensate for the 'inconvenience', women are given a large sum of money. Often, young, female college students are targeted for egg donations since they are considered more educated and healthier that their older female counterparts. Do you think females should be compensated for donating their eggs? Why or why not? Is it appropriate for egg donation agencies to advertise for potential egg donors on college campuses?

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Gracie Gallegos · Answer 1

They should not be compensated because they do it out of free will and the eggs are valuable than any amount you can think of.

No. This may draw the students attention to the money they often give rather than their studies