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Wednesday, November 16, 2005Police raided four Seoul area hospitals on Sunday following the arrest on Saturday of a 28-year-old man identified by his family name Kim, who tried to entice women to sell their ova to help them pay off debts such as massive credit card bills, the spokesman said. Police said they suspect the broker Kim of setting up deals through the Internet where he acted as a middleman offering women about 3 million won (1,635 pounds) to 4 million won to sell their reproductive cells, which he would then sell at a profit to women looking to conceive. He arranged for the sellers and donors to meet at hospitals, where he supposedly persuaded staff that the egg donation was for research purposes. Admittedly, many people would see nothing wrong for this. The women get want they need - money to pay off their debts, and the buyers get what they need - working oocytes. But people in debt are desperate and may regret giving away their limited supply of good oocytes later when they're no longer in difficult straights. (Women are born with their lifetime allotment of eggs. They don't make new ones as life goes on.) posted by Sydney on 11/16/2005 08:14:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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