Do Women Who Donate Their Eggs Run a Health Risk? – The Washington Post

Read article - Quotes Judy E. Stern, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and professor of pathology, about the potential health risks of egg donation. "I think if there had been huge health risks [from IVF], we would have seen that over the last 30 years," says Stern. "That suggests the absolute risk is fairly low. But we don't know anything about the donors," whose risks may differ from infertile women undergoing IVF. "These are presumably fertile women and they may respond to medications [differently] than infertile women." (Additional coverage in Kaiser Health News, PBS Newshour)