Schoolgirls sell eggs to infertile couples

School-girls in China are being offered large sums of money by organised gangs to donate eggs for infertile couples, a media report has said with experts warning that the procedure carries risks.

The sellers — some still in high school were being paid tens of thousands of yuan for their eggs by agencies acting on behalf of infertile couples but were being misled about the risks of the drug therapy involved, the report said. “The girls we target are all around 20-years-old, because that’s the age when women’s eggs are best,” one agency representative told CCTV, the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post reported on Sunday.

Medical experts warned the procedure carried risks.

Retrieving the eggs required only drug therapy and minimally invasive surgery across about 20 days, agencies told the women.

They could earn between 30,000 ($4829.25) and 100,000 yuan ($16097.49) for a successful retrieval, depending on appearance and education level, CCTV said.