Asian women command premium prices for egg donation in U.S.
Posted: May 5th, 2012, 9:26 am
And further down in the article:...agencies are careful in their choice of words, saying they are not paying for the eggs but for the women's time, pain and inconvenience.
That rubric makes it hard to argue that one race deserves more compensation than another, said Laurie Zoloth, who teaches bioethics at Northwestern University.
"A poor black woman or a poor Hispanic woman doesn't suffer less than someone who is Asian or Jewish or a Stanford graduate," Zoloth said. "The fact that we think of these gametes as having particular worth depending on race and class is really one of the starkest examples of how capitalism has entered the market in human parts."
Roxanne Sarro, director of Baby Miracles, confirmed that account, saying Asian donors can command higher fees — especially "if a donor is 100% Chinese [and] highly intelligent with a degree in math, for example."
Hmmmm
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