Ethics of Egg Donation for Stem-Cell Research

The current issue of Nature has several articles about the ethics of egg donation for stem-cell research:

• Ethicists and biologists ponder the price of eggs. "Erika Check investigates whether paying donors would increase supply."
• Health effects of egg donation may take decades to emerage. "Helen Pearson asks what is known about the long-term health risks faced by donors."
• Fair payment or undue inducement (Commentary)?  "Women who donate their eggs for stem-cell research should be compensated in the same way as other healthy research volunteers, argues Insoo Hyun."
• Safeguards for donors (Editorial).  "Clashing perspectives on the ethics of the donation of human eggs for research purposes are likely to complicate international collaboration — whether stem-cell researchers like it or not."

(Via Center for Genetics and Society.)