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...females are allowed, however, to ‘donate’ their eggs for an average compensation of about $5,000—while Harvard women may be able to land 10 times that amount. California Cryobank, a sperm repository in Cambridge, pays approximately $75 for each sperm donation by Harvard males who meet specific requirements. Governments decide which parts of our bodies are saleable, and they are in the business of drawing lines. Unfortunately, these lines are sketching quite a blurry picture of the control we possess over our own bodies. Americans can sell their eggs, sperm, blood, hair...
...would you like today?” she asks, as she edges towards “Catholic School Girl Party.” Clearly, Steve is not the next double-oh agent. He is merely getting ready to make a donation—to the local sperm bank. California Cryobank, located at 950 Massachusetts Ave., aggressively recruits Harvard students to “supplement your income while giving others the chance to experience the joy of starting a family.” And if your sperm have got it, you’ve got it made; a qualified donor...
...possible about their children's provenance, so they can pass it on to them later. "It's become very consumer driven and competitive in the past 10 years particularly, as women have rightfully taken over the position of selecting their donors," says Dr. Charles Sims, medical director of California Cryobank, the largest sperm bank in the country. "In the past, the primary concern was safety. [But now] it's not just 'I want a healthy baby' but 'What sort of human being is this donor...
...friend who was always whispering his sat score and IQ in my ear," says Chicagoan Laura Rissover, 35. "But in the end, it was very important for us to define our own family." Rissover and her partner Cathy Plotke each carried a child with the same donor from California Cryobank...
...impossible to verify family medical histories on donor profiles. Bank staff members say it would be hard for donors to lie: donors, who can be disqualified just because they strike a staff member as odd, meet frequently with "donor managers" and must update their information regularly. Yet California Cryobank is being sued by a woman whose child has a serious kidney ailment not included on the donor's family medical profile. The donor, says Sims, did not know his family had the disease...