Woman sells her eggs on net to pay off £15,000 credit card debts

Daily Mail ^ | November 2, 2006 | Charlotte Gill

[RockinRight]

I am so sick of everyone here who assumes "high debt=stupid person."

At least she used her "head" (or eggs) to pay it off.

I realize the risk of selling eggs and would generally NOT recommend it.

[massgopguy]

This is the slippery slope where the governmnet will be paying poor women for their eggs to perform the embryonic stem cell research that causes cancer in 80% of the test animals.

[RockinRight]

I think she's cute.

[P-40]

Sounds to me like she was resourceful in getting out of debt.

Surgically removing body parts for sale is not the sort of resourcefulness I like to see. Not to mention that the procedure is not exactly reversible.

[RockinRight]

That's a different thing. Selling an egg FOR THE PURPOSE of helping another (straight?) couple have a child I think is a GOOD thing. Not for embryonic stem cell research.

I do see your point though.

[RockinRight]

They took out an egg, not her ovary.

[End Times Sentinel]

 Maybe cause she's closer in age to me...she's 26, I'm 27...I don't know.

It's not an age thing.  I've got you beat by 9 years and I think she's quite easy on the eye.

In fact, if she really wants to make some money, I have some other ideas...

Owl_Eagle

If what I just wrote made you sad or angry,
it was probably just a joke.

[P-40]

"high debt=stupid person."

From the article:

I ran up the debts by just being an idiot.

[P-40]

They took out an egg, not her ovary.

They will surgically remove eggs.

[RockinRight]

Whoops. Call me a Freeper who doesn't read the whole article.

That said...at least she admits it!

[RockinRight]

I didn't say I'd RECOMMEND it...but I suppose it's better than prostitution, or stripping, or selling drugs...

[steve-b]

I am so sick of everyone here who assumes "high debt=stupid person."

Assumes?? RTFA -- she said she "ran up the debts just by being an idiot" (i.e. she just wasted the money, not invested it in something useful or spent it out of genuine necessity).

[woofie]

[RockinRight]

Yes yes yes...read my last post. Classic case of "Free Republic Article Non-Reading Syndrome."

[P-40]

That said...at least she admits it!

Compare that to John Kerry.... :)

[Judith Anne]

As I understand it, hormone injections are given to stimulate the production of multipe eggs. These hormones affect every body system, in a young woman, and it's kind of like having a raging case of PMS.

Eggs are "harvested" surgically, and the hormones are discontinued, and the woman hopefully recovers, then. Risks are: blood clots (heart attack, lung embolism, stroke), risk of surgical infection, risk of permanent damage to the ovaries or Fallopian tubes.

[joylyn]

There's a good chance that the child will grow up with two daddies and no mother. "Recent research" tells us that this won't matter a bit, and the child will do just fine. If you feel comfortable with this conclusion then I suppose there's no problem.

[RockinRight]

Good point, and no, I'm NOT OK with it.

Health risks of doing this are bad enough. I do wonder if you can "choose" the couple you sell to.

[joylyn]

I'm not sure how often a woman can choose the recipients of her eggs, but there is a website for lesbians who want their eggs to go to gays or lesbians.

[MineralMan]

"Surgically removing body parts for sale is not the sort of resourcefulness I like to see. Not to mention that the procedure is not exactly reversible.
"

Huh? They're taking eggs. She loses one (at least) every month. They're not removing any of her body parts, for pete's sake.