Your program is vulnerable to using eggs from victims of human trafficking. Learn how to recognize the signs of human trafficked donors.
Many RECIPIENTS and clinics are vulnerable to egg trafficking and selling eggs from young women from developing countries that have well-documented histories of human trafficking operations. These women have been coerced, deceived, and often moved across borders because they lack sufficient safeguards to protect their well-being.
Fertility clinics like yours may unknowingly be selling the eggs of human trafficking victims as a result, and exposing the patient and your clinic to legal complications.
There are measures that can be taken to prevent human trafficking in gamete donation and ensure that your clinic only sells eggs from donors that have been safely and ethically protected.