New York's Empire State Stem Cell Board voted Thursday to use state funds to pay women for donating their eggs for research. There was no period of public comment.
"With full knowledge that the long-term effects of ovarian stimulation are unknown, and data suggesting a link with some forms of cancer, this board has unconscionably set in place a plan that will put women at risk and lets the state pay them off with lots of money," said the Rev. Thomas Berg, member of the board's Ethics Committee and executive director of the Westchester Institute.
"Ovarian stimulation is a dangerous and sometimes fatal procedure. This plan is a gross exploitation of women for speculative research."
— Jennifer Mesko
