So, what's the problem? Paying for donor eggs sounds harmless doesn't it? Nothing could be further from the truth. In order to obtain the number of eggs necessary, a woman must take a series of drugs. These drugs are used to stimulate her ovaries to produce more eggs. This procedure is largely untested and has many side effects. The egg donation process has well-documented risks associated with the dangerous drugs taken to produce large numbers of eggs. Side effects to surgery and complications from anesthesia have occurred.
Experts are saying the longer risks associated with cancer and damage to fertility are unknown. New York is bankrupt, but did you know that in 2007, the legislature allocated 600 million for embryonic stem cell research which involves in-vitro fertilization and killing of human embryos and has produced no cures. According to the legislature, the funds must be used for research only and not reproductive purposes, which means the babies need to be destroyed.
Even a proponent, a professor of Philosophy at the University of Syracuse and a member of the Board of the Empire State Stem Cell Board, Samuel Gorovitz, admitted that "perhaps this procedure is not 100% safe and that we cannot rationally insist that all risks be prevented."
The fertility industry is the wild, wild west of science. There are no regulations. Just look at the mom in the spotlight not too long ago who had octeplets.
Science is trying to deny the abortion/breast cancer link. With the stimulation of ovaries by powerful drugs and the increase in ovarian cancer, will science look at the connection between this cancer and a series of hyperstimulating ovarian drugs. The women most at risk are the poor and college students with large debts.
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