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1Reproductive Medicine Unit, University College Hospitals/Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Huntley Street, London WC1 E 6AU, UK. mfi@easynet.co.uk
Abstract:
In the face of an impending change in the recruitment of gamete donors in the UK, many predict a decrease in the number of donations. It is argued that the dangers of inordinate compensation may only increase this possible dearth by deterring altruistic donors, and that large payments may be especially prejudicial to the interests and welfare of children born as a result of gamete donation. Thus, "an 'all-inclusive' financial allowance to ...donor(s)" appears to be a contradictory statement (an oxymoron) that is unlikely to resolve the practical problems arising in gamete donor recruitment in the UK.
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