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Is This Egg Worth $50,000?
Self magazine, December 2000
Interview with Darlene and Tom Pinkerton.
Donation Dilemmas
San Diego Union-Tribune, September 3, 2000
A profile of Darlene and Tom Pinkerton and of A Perfect Match, in the wake of an anonymous client's highly publicized $50,000 egg-donation offer in 1999.
Surrogacy and Egg-Donation Law in California
by Thomas Pinkerton
The dispositive article for the state of surrogacy and egg-donation law in California. Includes summaries of recent surrogacy and egg-donation cases in California, whose rulings give prospective parents, surrogates, and egg donors reasonable certainty that their intentions, as expressed by a properly written surrogacy or egg-donation contract, will be upheld in California.
Condom Effectiveness - CDC Condom Fact Sheet in Brief
Consistent and correct use of the male latex condom reduces the
risk of sexually transmitted disease (STD) and human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV) transmission. However, condom use cannot provide absolute protection against any STD. The most reliable ways to avoid transmission of STDs are to abstain from
sexual activity, or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous
relationship with an uninfected partner. However, many infected persons may be unaware of their infection because STDs often are asymptomatic and unrecognized.
General Links
- Member in good standing: American Fertility Association
- Member in good standing: American Society for Reproductive Medicine
- Member in good standing: Resolve: The National Infertility Association
- Licensed in NY by: NY Health Department
- Individual state laws governing surrogacy
FDA Guidelines for Egg Donation
Blood Donor Eligibility Rules
These are the rules followed by CDC when determining who is eligible to be a donor. A woman can’t be an egg donor if she has been deferred by a Blood Bank as a donor.
IVF Success Rates
IVF Success rates for clinics that report their stats to CDC and SART. They are generally a full year behind because they also include live births in their stats.
A Perfect Match Video:
Darlene Pinkerton, founder of A Perfect Match, on the NBC Today show.
Experts discuss sale of human eggs
