$35,000 for One of My Eggs?

April 27, 2010

My eggs are ripe for the taking – I am a 22-year-old female Yale graduate. On a semi-regular basis in college, I opened the school newspaper to find advertisements soliciting my demographic to donate. Some ads were more specific than others, requiring a Jewish or an Asian donor, an SAT score of greater than 1400 math and verbal, someone “attractive” or with athletic ability, or a height of at least 5’9”. Nearly all offered high sums of money for prospective donors, ranging from $5,000 to $35,000. (Bioethics Forum)