The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 banned the buying and selling of human

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The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 banned the buying and selling of human organs. However, the law still allows people to be compensated for "donating" blood, sperm, or eggs. Reproduction clinics often direct their marketing at female college students who are likely to have the traits desired by couples seeking a donor egg, and who might also have the financial burdens that come with being a college student. Advocates of compensating egg donors point to how these women are helping couples achieve their dreams of having a family. Those who are opposed to it, on the other hand, argue that these companies are exploiting women who are in desperate financial need and that they are doing so without the donors fully understanding the pain and risks involved in the procedure. Do you think that paying women for their eggs should be legal? Why or why not? What moral responsibility do such clinics have for caring for donors who have complications from the procedure years down the road? how related to the book on the chapter 14 ethical issues in medicine Should companies that are targeting college students for such procedures be allowed to market directly to them with flyers, emails, or ads in student newspapers? Why or why not

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Egg donors have following risks and complications -

1. Abdominal and back aches
2. Use of ovarian stimulation drugs can cause over hyperstimulation ovarian syndrome and rarely rupture of ovaries
3. Enlarged ovaries
4. Disturbed menstrual cycle
5.Weight gain
6. Early loss of fertility
7. Sometimes egg extraction procedure can cause filling of fluid in abdomen, lungs.
All these risks factor can seriously affect the egg donors. So some strict rules and regulation should be made for egg donation. Appropriate guidelines should be framed and legally followed by all medical institutes practicing the egg donation facility.
Every egg donor should be properly counselled and screened before the procedure.
The donor should be counselled and educated about all the above risk factors and health related issues and the procedure. A full consent should be taken from the donor only after counselling.
The institute should take full responsibility for any of the above risk factors and medically insured. They should conduct time to time check ups and screenings for the donors.
Companies if marketing the students directly, then first their advertisements and emails should be properly checked for any misguidance or misleading marketing. Also these adds and marketing should follow a disclaimer and warning about all heslth related risk factors.

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