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The Human Egg Trade: Episode 2 - The Theft

2025/4/30
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Vernon Silver: 我调查发现，希腊地中海生育研究所利用宽松的法律环境和低廉的价格，吸引了全球客户进行辅助生殖治疗，包括卵子捐赠和代孕。该诊所的地理位置靠近东欧，也为来自东欧的女性提供出售卵子或充当代孕母亲的机会。然而，这种模式也导致了严重的滥用行为，诊所被发现盗取了至少75名女性的卵子，这些卵子被秘密转移给其他女性。这起事件凸显了全球人类卵子交易中存在的伦理和法律问题，以及监管的不足。诊所的关闭导致了巨大的混乱，包括对冷冻卵子和胚胎、孕妇以及婴儿的处理。许多外国客户的卵子和胚胎被存放在希腊，这给他们的取回带来了巨大的困难。这起事件也引发了人们对跨境生殖医疗风险的担忧。 Maria: 我在克里特岛的地中海生育研究所接受了IVF治疗，并成功生下了孩子。然而，三年后，我从警方那里得知，我的卵子被盗取了一半，并被提供给了其他女性。这对我来说是一种极大的侵犯，如同强奸。虽然警方提供了另一个女性的代码，但我无法知道她的身份，也无法确定我的孩子是否有同父异母的兄弟姐妹。这让我感到非常焦虑和痛苦。 Sam Everingham: 我创立的Growing Families Global致力于为寻求安全、合乎道德的生育服务的夫妇提供支持。地中海生育研究所的事件令人震惊，许多寻求海外生育服务的夫妇因此受到了影响。我们不得不帮助他们联系希腊律师，处理胚胎转移等问题。这起事件也让我反思了我们之前在印度的经历，并对我们双胞胎女儿的卵子捐赠者信息产生了怀疑。DNA检测结果证实了我们的怀疑，这让我感到被生育诊所欺骗了。 supporting_evidences Vernon Silver: '...75 cases where a woman's eggs were allegedly taken without her consent...' Maria: '...finding out my eggs had been stolen felt like a violation, like a rape.' Sam Everingham: '...we got the DNA test done and sure enough, we'd been told they were the same egg donor, but the results showed they weren't.'

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A new series from the Big Take podcast investigates the booming market for human eggs. It’s a global and opaque market where demand is so great, that even where regulations are in place, there are powerful incentives to evade them.

In this episode, host Sarah Holder and Bloomberg’s Vernon Silver focus on one fertility clinic in Greece that police say stole the eggs of as many as 75 women. It’s a story that shows how the actions of one clinic can have ripple effects around the world and reveals the unique ways that the fertility industry runs not only on capital, but on trust.

Read more: The Egg)Listen to the rest of the series: The Human Egg Trade: Episode 1 - The Lie)The Human Egg Trade: Episode 3 - The Journey)

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