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State senators voted Tuesday to put restrictions on the sale of human eggs and require warnings to women -- but specifically rejected similar requirements for sperm donations by men.
SB 1306 spells out exactly what a prospective donor must be told, ranging from the effects of the drugs used to stimulate egg production to risks of the surgical procedure for harvesting them. And it even requires doctors to tell would-be donors that there are possibly even other, unstated risks because the processes of donating "are unstudied and unknown compared to other medical procedures and treatments."
But Sen. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, backed off her original proposal which would have made it illegal to buy human eggs under any circumstances, limiting compensation solely to medical costs, travel and out-of-pocket expenses.
As approved Tuesday, a women still could seek compensation if the purpose of the donation was to help an infertile couple conceive. But anyone who buys or attempts to buy an egg for any other purpose, like medical research, could wind up in jail for six months.
Even with that change, though...
SB 1306 spells out exactly what a prospective donor must be told, ranging from the effects of the drugs used to stimulate egg production to risks of the surgical procedure for harvesting them. And it even requires doctors to tell would-be donors that there are possibly even other, unstated risks because the processes of donating "are unstudied and unknown compared to other medical procedures and treatments."
But Sen. Linda Gray, R-Glendale, backed off her original proposal which would have made it illegal to buy human eggs under any circumstances, limiting compensation solely to medical costs, travel and out-of-pocket expenses.
As approved Tuesday, a women still could seek compensation if the purpose of the donation was to help an infertile couple conceive. But anyone who buys or attempts to buy an egg for any other purpose, like medical research, could wind up in jail for six months.
Even with that change, though...