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[quote=Anonymous]After 5 IVF cycles (own eggs, ultimately successful), I'm really confused why this thread is turning into a pitting of the economic interests of those undergoing IF treatments and the donors who might be the key to making those treatments successful.  I think it's pretty clear that for some women, $5-10K is nowhere near the market rate for their eggs (especially when you consider that might not exceed the salary they would have earned during that period).  I think it's also pretty clear that $50-100K is outside the ability of some IF couple's to pay...which isn't so different from the prices set by the physicians performing the procedures as well.  But we are not so willing to criticize the doctors and clinics for making money off of these procedures (who aren't risking their health) as we are the women who are putting their bodies at risk.

I don't know the right price for a donated egg...and I do understand that there are some important ethical considerations surrounding eugenics that emerge when you allow there to be such massive price differentials.  But if the concern is finances, the right argument is not to unfairly compensate egg donors, it's to argue that insurance coverage should cover the additional costs.  Because the premise of the argument seems to be that it's not fair that people of lower economic means wouldn't be able to pay higher rates...without any regard to "donors" who are making these treatments possible.[/quote]

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