Eggs are Worth Some Serious Cash
There are lots of times that I’m glad I’m a girl – okay all the time - but recently I realized that girls have it better in almost everything, even payment for bodily donations.
If the fliers on my car back in college are to be believed, sperm donation can earn you a few hundred bucks if you are degreed, attractive, tall, etc. The more desirable you are, the more you can earn from your donation. Of course if you’re short, dumb and ugly you can only make $50 or so, but that’s still quite a bit for something most boys do daily anyway.
Girls, though, can net thousands for egg donation. Of course, boys can donate sperm every day if you wanted to, and the same isn’t true for being an egg donor, but apparently you can make $6000 by donating eggs to a family looking for help with a baby. Not bad for a month’s work.
Personally, I’m pro family, and I release all family planning responsibilities to the people seeking children. There are too many children in bad situations in this world to not let a loving couple or loving single desperately seeking a family have one. If there is a way to make someone’s (ethical) dream of parenthood come true, I’m all for taking that shot. Egg donor agencies, surrogate moms, adoption agencies and fertility specialists make the dream of parenthood possible for so many people.
As a parent of two who managed to have babies the old fashioned way, I can see why someone would be willing to go all out for a little one. They really are that wonderful.
