A single cell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A global business worth billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A trade that can bring rewards\u2014or human costs that cannot be measured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The human egg is a precious resource, exchanged in markets open, gray or black. To tell its story, we follow a teenage girl in India, lured into selling her eggs; a model in Argentina whose genetic makeup is prized; a mother in Greece, told by police that her eggs were stolen; and two \u201cegg girls\u201d from Taiwan who have put themselves at risk to earn money in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Women around the world are increasingly part of a very human global supply chain.
In @BW<\/a> investigation, we learned how they\u2019re paid\u2014and sometimes exploited\u2014in the multibillion-dollar fertility industry. I made this key takeaways free to read:https:\/\/t.co\/ax7Nco65xc<\/a><\/p>— Marika Katanuma (@marikakatanuma) December 13, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>