But in the United States a tradition of financial incentives has taken root to satisfy the growing demand for donor eggs. In recent years, U.S. incentives have escalated dramatically from the few hundred dollars once offered to donors. Many U.S. donors are college students. Dresser served on the ASRM ethics committee that penned the new report, which appears in the August issue of the journal Fertility and Sterility. Dresser said the committee sought to find a balance between a woman's right to do as she wishes with her body and the desire to protect them from being exploited.
Some experts disagree with any system of compensation.
I see it as a question of how we see our bodies. But the ethics report says incentives can help many women desperate to have children. It calls for full disclosure of all risks to donors, and suggests that clinics offer follow-up psychological counseling for those who request it. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.