We have been campaigning for tighter laws on egg donation and related adverts since October 2023. Following a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament this summer, articles and commentary in The Sun, House magazine, The Times and Daily Mail in which we were quoted, we are delighted to see coverage of this issue in the broadcast media.
In a survey of 1000 women, Good Morning Britain found just 4% of those women surveyed knew what the egg retrieval process involved, and nearly half who would consider “donating” their eggs would do so in exchange for the £985 payment. Clips from the programme, which aired on 6 November 2025, can be watched here; it features a woman who donated her eggs for use in fertility treatment by others, who then suffered significant negative side effects, and is cautioning women not to undertake the procedure for money.
Women who have undergone egg “donation” and egg retrieval have contacted us in droves to share their stories of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, comas, sepsis, abscesses and lifelong complications. We remain deeply concerned that women as young as 18 are being preyed on by fertility clinics for their eggs, and that payments of £985 per cycle incentivise working class women and students to undergo egg “donation” as a result of financial need.
We believe the targeting of women for their eggs will prove to be a significant future public scandal and continue to ask DHSC to tighten the law to better protect and prioritise the rights, health and safety of young women. We are very grateful to GMB for covering egg donation and urge other media outlets to continue to do so.
Supporters can send a letter to MPs, setting out concerns about egg donation, by clicking the link here.
