Human Egg Donor Files Antitrust Class Action

     Three groups conspired to fix prices for human egg donors and "reap anti-competitive profits for themselves," a donor says in a federal antitrust class action. The woman says that though egg donation is "far more painful and risky" than sperm donation, women are paid the same hourly rate as sperm donors, and "a price paid for donor services that does not account for those differences must be artificially low."
     Lindsay Kamakahi sued the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology, and the Pacific Fertility Center.
     The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) describes itself as an organization "devoted to advancing knowledge and expertise in reproductive medicine."
     The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology is an affiliate of ASRM that represents more than 85 percent of the assisted-reproduction clinics in the United States and sets "guidelines and standards for reproductive professionals - among them, an illegal maximum payment for egg donors, according to the complaint.
     When members, fertility clinics and assisted-reproduction agencies fail to abide by the ASRM and SART's standards, they are...