Egg Donation and Surrogacy

Tonight, Cindy Hsu of CBS New York contributed yet another story about the growing popularity of egg donation, featuring Northeast Assisted Fertility Group’s egg donor program.
“If you’re motivated you can do a wonderful thing and help somebody and help yourself at the same time, but do not think that [...] Continue Reading…

This time it’s in the Boston Herald. Sanford Benardo is quoted:
“Benardo said the egg donation and surrogacy agency has seen applications from potential egg donors double — the [egg donation] agency pays female donors a flat rate of $10,000 after a woman’s eggs are retrieved.”
The article acknowledges that making [...] Continue Reading…

Now that our database has grown to include about 80 egg donor candidates, we have made it much easier to navigate and search information.

Recipients can always view all the egg donors at once (organized with the most recent additions on top), but now they can also search by criteria: [...] Continue Reading…

I have praised Dr. Gupta on the blog before ["Egg Donation and the Economy", October 28] as the only journalist to point out the biggest flaw in the “egg donor surge” story: most women who apply for egg donation, about 9 out of 10, do not qualify.

He was able [...] Continue Reading…

CNN video: “Egg Donors on the Rise” – click the “Play” button below to watch:

Embedded video from CNN Video
The CNN segment on egg donation (”Egg Donors on the Rise”) was pretty fair, but it left some large components out of the story:

The Doctors.

The reporter did not speak to any [...] Continue Reading…

Date: Monday, December 10

Time: 10:00 PM

<Click to watch the CNN video, “Egg Donors on the Rise”>

Tune to CNN for Anderson Cooper’s coverage of egg donation, which features Northeast Assisted Fertility Group:
TONIGHT: Dough for eggs!  Tough times can mean ‘eggceptional’ measures. See why women are lining up in clinics across [...] Continue Reading…

Northeast Assisted Fertility Group to be Featured on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” Next Week – Story on Egg Donation

<Click to watch the CNN video, “Egg Donors on the Rise”>

Now CNN has picked up on the “surge” in egg donation and they invited Sanford and me to participate in the [...] Continue Reading…

Amy Benfer’s piece in Salon yesterday questioned the editorial logic behind the Times publication of Kuczynski’s article, but concluded that it was at least honest in choosing not to mitigate the writer’s vanity, selfishness, and sense of entitlement. She had a slightly more generous attitude toward Kuczynski than many [...] Continue Reading…

“Ova Time: Women Line Up To Donate Eggs – For Money”
Melinda Beck’s piece in today’s Wall Street Journal was overall accurate. It even acknowledged the cost for the recipient side.

It also acknowledges the ASRM’s limit on compensation and mentions one donor agency that ignores it, since “the offer brings [...] Continue Reading…