2009
Jun 30

About two and one-half weeks ago the Empire State Stem Cell Board voted to spend some of its $600 million budget, which is funded by the state, to pay women $10,000 for the opportunity to harvest their eggs. The eggs would then be used to create embryos from which stem cells would be harvested. The story does not indicate that men would be paid for donating their sex cells.

If you stick with the story, the ethical question is raised (buried) toward the end of the article.

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