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Have your say on Egg Donation

In January the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) launched a three month consultation programme which is open to everybody to give their opinion about egg and sperm donation. You may have read in the press that there is a current debate underway about various aspects of donation, but in particular whether egg donors should [...]

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Should Egg Donors be Paid? The Great Debate

It is illegal in the UK for egg donors to receive payment other than compensation for expenses but the shortage of donors has prompted many to call for payment to encourage more women to come forward. The issue was debated this month by the Progress Educational Trust in partnership with the Royal Society of Medicine, [...]