egg donor payment

The HFEA is launching a public consultation about sperm and egg donation. The HFEA believes that the current level of remuneration – £250 per donation for "reasonable expenses" and loss of earnings may but deterring donors.
One in seven British couples have problems conceiving and the demand from infertile, single and gay couples for donated eggs and sperm is steadily rising.

The consultation will focus on three main areas of policy:

:The level of compensation for donors
:The number of families a donor can help to create
:Family donation

Currently the Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA) imposes a £250 cap on payments so as to avoid commercialising the procedure.
But the low payment is thought to be behind a shortage in egg and sperm donation which is driving infertile women and men to overseas – often unregulated – clinics, according to research.

Now the HFEA is considering adopting the Spanish system which would see the payment cap lifted to £800.

"We want to review egg donation," Professor Lisa Jardine, the chair of the HFEA told the Sunday Times.

The woman boss who is selling her eggs to pay off her student debt
May 4, 2010 21:52 by PrideAngelAdmin
A businesswoman has put her eggs up for sale on the internet to help repay her student loans.
Marje Khan posted her details on the classified ads website Gumtree and hopes a couple will pay her £4,500 for the donation.

The 28-year-old accounts manager came up with the idea after reading in a magazine how much donors can earn.

She did not realise that in Britain it is illegal to be paid for donating eggs.