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Her credentials read like any college graduate applying for a job, but instead of seeking employment, Angel is selling her ova.
In just one year, the 24-year-old egg donor earned $7,000 for her first batch of eggs, $9,000 for the second and $10,000 for her third.
It's all part of a booming fertility business - a relatively unregulated industry that is rapidly inflating the value of the eggs of healthy, young college-educated women.
On average, women are making anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 per egg retrieval. But the ability to become an egg donor is not easy, often requiring an extensive screening process that calls for SAT scores, family-disease histories and increasingly "ideal" body types.
"The problem is that money has become the motivation," said Dr. Vicken Sahakian, medical director of the Pacific Fertility Center in Westwood, who has performed more than 4,000 egg retrievals. "If we keep on bidding up women's eggs, it's going to make it more prohibitive for would-be parents who won't be able to afford the donor."
A recent classified advertisement that ran online in the...
In just one year, the 24-year-old egg donor earned $7,000 for her first batch of eggs, $9,000 for the second and $10,000 for her third.
It's all part of a booming fertility business - a relatively unregulated industry that is rapidly inflating the value of the eggs of healthy, young college-educated women.
On average, women are making anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 per egg retrieval. But the ability to become an egg donor is not easy, often requiring an extensive screening process that calls for SAT scores, family-disease histories and increasingly "ideal" body types.
"The problem is that money has become the motivation," said Dr. Vicken Sahakian, medical director of the Pacific Fertility Center in Westwood, who has performed more than 4,000 egg retrievals. "If we keep on bidding up women's eggs, it's going to make it more prohibitive for would-be parents who won't be able to afford the donor."
A recent classified advertisement that ran online in the...