The eleventh episode of the Progress Educational Trust podcast documents our discussion of levels of compensation for donors of sperm or eggs, asking what levels of compensation (financial or otherwise) should be standard and permissible, featuring contributions from Nayla Tohme, Hayley King, Saghar Kasiri and Dr Ben Hurlbut.
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We would like to thank Jon Nicoll (who created the opening and closing music for our podcast), and also the Association of Reproductive and Clinical Scientists and the British Fertility Society (which supported the event featured in the eleventh episode).
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