Student debt is driving more Americans to donate their eggs -- and some suffer lasting complications

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Student debt is driving more Americans to donate their eggs — and some suffer lasting complications
I interviewed egg donors around the world. Only in America is it common to sell one's eggs to fund one's education

By DIANE TOBER
FEBRUARY 15, 2021 12:30AM


(Salon) Janine* was raised by a single mother in the San Francisco Bay Area. With resources tight, both she and her sister needed to find a way to put themselves through college. Her sister started donating her eggs for pay once she turned 20, working two jobs and struggling to stay in school. When Janine turned 19, she started donating eggs as well. "I was a desperate college student, living paycheck to paycheck," she told me "So, when my sister told me I could make $7,000 donating eggs, I jumped at the chance. You have to get an education. If it weren't for that desperation, most women wouldn't do it."

The cost of college tuition in the US across all sectors has more than tripled in the past twenty years—well beyond the cost of inflation—making education out of reach for many. The rapidly rising cost of education has led to a rise in student loan debt as parents and students borrow to help ensure their dream of future success.

I've learned through my interviews and surveys with more than 600 egg donors that student debt burden leads some Americans to make medical decisions they might not otherwise make.

Egg donation can help people create the families they desperately desire, and many egg donors have no complications and find egg donation rewarding. However, it is not a medical procedure to be entered into lightly, or under financial duress. Over 60 percent of the US donors I surveyed agreed that "financial need strongly influenced my decision to donate." Forty-five percent had between $10,000 and $100,000 of student loan debt, some with more than that, and spent the money from their egg donations to pay down that debt and other education costs. ...........(more)

https://www.salon.com/2021/02/14/student-debt-is-driving-more-americans-to-donate-their-eggs--and-some-suffer-lasting-complications/

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. Women. American Women.

It's not American men selling their eggs.

Women are just commodities to these folks.

[Srkdqltr]

2. Could be this will come back to haunt

With DNA and genealogy. I wonder how this will be handled in the future. Interesting question.

[keithbvadu2]

3. Could this develop into a child support situation in the future?

Could this develop into a child support situation in the future?

I can believe there could be such a circumstance.