1/ Thread from lawsuit from an egg 'donor'. Donor responded to ad in Stanford U paper offering $50,000 for her eggs. Donor was put on Lupron.
2/ 3 days after starting Lupron donor develops severe headache and nausea and vomiting. Was told by fertility agency Lupron had nothing to do w this.
3/ 5 more days pass, donor was hospitalized on an emergency basis for pituitary apoplexy (sudden loss of consciousness, paralysis due to hemorrhage in her brain)
4/ Donor had to drop out of grad school due to mental and physical impairment. "Her injuries will cause disabilities and limit her career options for the remainder of her life." #eggsploitation #eggpoachers
5/ Her story is here.
Adding this since questions about Lupron and informed consent have been mentioned. This is the donor's document of being informed. Image

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Thread 1/ I also read a lot of lawsuits (in addition to surrogacy contracts). This particular lawsuit was between a U.S. egg "donor" & a fertility agency in Canada working w a Canadian couple. Under fed. law in Canada, you may not pay for eggs.
2/ This part of the lawsuit states how aggressively this woman was stimulated to produce eggs, (45 eggs!!), which puts her at severe risk, for OHSS, stroke, organ failure, lost fertility etc. The MD cleared her to hop on a plane and fly back home to FL, that very same day.
3/ The donor was in severe abdominal pain and she's getting advice via the phone from the MD to drink gatorade & take the pain pills he'd prescribed. She was paid $5,500 for her 45 eggs. She's so ill her boyfriend calls an ambulance where she proceeds to suffer a massive stroke.
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Thread I get lots of emails asking me for resources I suggest, for surrogacy, egg 'donation' & #BigFertility, so I'm parking some of this here for #Evergreen use. @StopSubrogacion @StopSurrogacy
2. Here's a handy link to resources on our surrogacy page. cbc-network.org/issues/making-… If you enter in our search box "surrogacy" or "surrogate pregnancies" people can find lots of our articles.
3. Our films on surrogacy are a must! Breeders: A Subclass of Women? amazon.com/Breeders-Subcl…
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