Is it unethical to use donor eggs?

[Anonymous]

We’re thinking about it and the prospective donors seem mature and willing, but is it wrong?

[Anonymous]

I think so. There is too much of a cancer risk. I can’t willingly pay someone to go through a process that has a risk of causing them cancer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think so. There is too much of a cancer risk. I can’t willingly pay someone to go through a process that has a risk of causing them cancer.

Is it really that risky? And they’ll just donate to someone else if not me. Sorry this sounds and is so callous! (OP)

[Anonymous]

Here is an article about the risks

https://www.publichealthpost.org/viewpoints/egg-donation-risk-and-reward/

[Anonymous]

Yes, it's unethical.

[Anonymous]

I’ve often thought that the way to make it more ethical is to let the donor have a percentage of the eggs to freeze for her own use. That way she gets more than just money out of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve often thought that the way to make it more ethical is to let the donor have a percentage of the eggs to freeze for her own use. That way she gets more than just money out of it

Op: the agency we’re looking at actually does this. It’s called cofertility. I thought the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve often thought that the way to make it more ethical is to let the donor have a percentage of the eggs to freeze for her own use. That way she gets more than just money out of it

Op: the agency we’re looking at actually does this. It’s called cofertility. I thought the same.

Does this make it more ethical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is an article about the risks

https://www.publichealthpost.org/viewpoints/egg-donation-risk-and-reward/

S#it, that’s awful

[Anonymous]

From the article above:
“ Egg donors have reported long-term effects including aggressive breast cancer, loss of fertility, and fatal colon cancer, sometimes occurring just a few years after donation. Without any family history of these illnesses, they suspect their egg donation as the cause. However, without scientific research, no one can confirm or deny a causal association between the medical procedure of egg donation and any reported long-term effect.”

So there’s no actual data that donating eggs is harmful? How can that be? Egg donations have been happening for decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think so. There is too much of a cancer risk. I can’t willingly pay someone to go through a process that has a risk of causing them cancer.

Citation for the cancer risk?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From the article above:
“ Egg donors have reported long-term effects including aggressive breast cancer, loss of fertility, and fatal colon cancer, sometimes occurring just a few years after donation. Without any family history of these illnesses, they suspect their egg donation as the cause. However, without scientific research, no one can confirm or deny a causal association between the medical procedure of egg donation and any reported long-term effect.”

So there’s no actual data that donating eggs is harmful? How can that be? Egg donations have been happening for decades.

If that’s true then all the women who undergo IVF wound be equally at risk. More so, since many women go through multiple cycles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is an article about the risks

https://www.publichealthpost.org/viewpoints/egg-donation-risk-and-reward/

Where’s the data?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From the article above:
“ Egg donors have reported long-term effects including aggressive breast cancer, loss of fertility, and fatal colon cancer, sometimes occurring just a few years after donation. Without any family history of these illnesses, they suspect their egg donation as the cause. However, without scientific research, no one can confirm or deny a causal association between the medical procedure of egg donation and any reported long-term effect.”

So there’s no actual data that donating eggs is harmful? How can that be? Egg donations have been happening for decades.

If that’s true then all the women who undergo IVF wound be equally at risk. More so, since many women go through multiple cycles.

Neither will be effectively researched because this is a billion dollar industry. But you can’t seriously think pumping your body full of hormones won’t have significant side effects.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is an article about the risks

https://www.publichealthpost.org/viewpoints/egg-donation-risk-and-reward/

Where’s the data?

No data, and a LOT of other inaccuracies in the article. The article says that egg donors are different than regular IVF patients because IVF patients are typically over the age of 35 and are already infertile anyways. Not true at all. Many, many, many IVF patients are younger than 35 and many women (of all ages) are doing IVF due to MALE factor infertility, not female infertility.