Carriage House Plans: Donate Eggs For Money

Wednesday 28 November 2012

Donate Eggs For Money

Women who give their eggs to help childless couples will get a £750 payment in an attempt to boost the number of donors.Hundreds of 'fertility tourists' are driven abroad each year to seek eggs or sperm in countries which make more generous payments than allowed in Britain.Childless couples, lesbians and single women are also using unregulated websites in desperate efforts to start a family.Until now there has been a cap on expenses of £250 for egg and sperm donors per cycle of treatment.But many experts claimed the payment failed to properly reward women for taking extra risks from the drugs involved.The fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, agreed yesterday to approve a fixed sum payment for the first time to stop donors being out of pocket and deter the use of ‘rogue’ sites.

But critics said the decision was ‘disgraceful’, saying poor, vulnerable women would be tempted to risk their health for cash