Question of how much a human egg is worth at heart of federal lawsuit brought by two women who provided eggs to couples struggling with infertility HOW MUCH is a human egg worth? The question is at the heart of a federal lawsuit brought by two women who provided eggs to couples struggling with infertility.The women claim the price guidelines adopted by fertility clinics nationwide have artificially suppressed the amount they can get for their eggs, in violation of federal antitrust laws. The industry groups behind the price guidance — which discourages payments above $10,000 per egg-donation cycle — say caps are needed to prevent coercion and exploitation in the egg-donation process.But the plaintiffs say the guidelines amount to an illegal conspiracy to set prices in violation of antitrust laws. The conspiracy, they argue in court papers, has deprived women nationwide a free market in which to sell their eggs, and enabled fertility clinics to "reap anticompetitive profits for thems...
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