UK: rétribution pour le don dovocytes
La Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) a autorisé le paiement de £250 pour couvrir les “dépenses” engendrées par leur “don” d’ovocytes. Ces ovocytes seront, une fois fécondés, utilisés, comme embryons, pour la recherche.
Anthony Ozimic, SPUC political secretary, commented: "For poorer women, this amount will be an incentive to donate their eggs, and it is unethical, dangerous and unnecessary. It is unethical because it is aimed at creating even more human lives in the laboratory, many of whom are killed outright or in dubious experiments. It is dangerous because the risks associated with the drugs given to stimulate the ovaries and the egg harvesting process include renal failure, infertility, cancer and even death. It is unnecessary because successful ethical alternatives to embryo destruction exist." [SPUC, 21 February]