Friday, November 16, 2007

Special insurance for Women?

A recent debate about whether oocyte extraction from women is harmful raised a question: would such a dangerous or emotional harmful procedure require insurance companies to create new policies for such events? Would it be better to have such insurances that could possibly insure women in case they emerge emotionally harmed by the oocyte extraction procedure? This is definitely not a rubbish question, as oocyte donation is becoming more and more popular, with human oocytes being higher and higher on demand for infertile couples, as well as for research. (of course, not nulling the fact that woman are very much highly paid for their eggs, ranging from a few thousand to 5-digit numbers depending on their educational level, ethnic group and age!) It's value compared to other insurance policies such as car insurance, home insurance and even pet insurance cannot be neglected. Of course, i personally do not think that any insurance would be able to account for the damage done on a woman if she suffers side effects from the donation. However, this is only my opinion, and i believe that many people have and will continue to 'donate' their eggs because of the huge monetary incentive.

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