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Pan from fertility clinic sign to Hanqi Miao 2. Tight of ultra-sound 3. medium of Miao with doctor22 July, 2009 - New York, NY4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanqi Miao, Potential egg donor  \"First I...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003e28 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan from fertility clinic sign to Hanqi Miao \u003cbr/\u003e2. Tight of ultra-sound \u003cbr/\u003e3. medium of Miao with doctor\u003cbr/\u003e22 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanqi Miao, Potential egg donor  \u003cbr/\u003e\"First I was motivated by my personal reasons, but at the same time you know you are getting money for it. It's a plus. I mean who doesn't want actual money in you hand.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAP Television \u003cbr/\u003eFile - Date/Location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of stem cell lab\u003cbr/\u003e6. Tight of stem cell research\u003cbr/\u003e7. Tight of stem cell research\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan from man to microscope\u003cbr/\u003e17 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE (English)  Richard Daines, New York State Health Commissioner \u003cbr/\u003e\"It is not the state paying someone to donate eggs and having an egg bank or something. It is simply saying that a high quality research project that is approved for funding and clears those hurtles, this would be an acceptable expense within it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Date/Location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of a man doing stem cell research \u003cbr/\u003e12. Tight of a man doing stem cell research\u003cbr/\u003e17 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (English)  Richard Daines, New York State Health Commissioner \u003cbr/\u003e\"If a stem cell researcher is interested in something related to sickle cell disease, which we know is genetic. We know it is highly concentrated in certain populations. African American and Mediterranean populations in particular. They might then say we're looking for women who carry this particular gene or combination of genes and we would like to allow reimbursement if those women will donate.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Date/Location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e14. Medium of microscope\u003cbr/\u003e15. Tight of microscope image of egg \u003cbr/\u003e20 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of Father Thomas Berg\u003cbr/\u003e17. Tight of Berg's hands\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English)  Father Thomas Berg, Roman Catholic priest, Archdiocese of New York  \"Why are we pumping women full of hormones, pumping their ovaries up to the size of oranges. Putting them through this ordeal, giving them money for it, inducing them to do it, when it is not necessary. When the science it is aimed at is still very putative (assumed), it is still very questionable that there would be any successes from it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Date/Location unknown\u003cbr/\u003e18. Pan from microscope to woman\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of Lab\u003cbr/\u003e20 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE (English)  Father Thomas Berg, Roman Catholic priest, Archdiocese of New York \"I mean it sets the stage for potential exploitation. Whether that is low income women, whether that is college aged women who are trying to make ends meet.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of Dr. Kenneth Prager\u003cbr/\u003e22. Tight of Dr. Kenneth Prager\u003cbr/\u003e23. Tight of computer mouse\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Kenneth Prager, Director of Clinical Ethics, Columbia University Medical Center \"The question really boils down to, should we be able... if it is ethical to pay women for their eggs for fertility treatment, why isn't it ethical to pay women for their eggs for a societal good, such as research into stem cell, which one might even construe as an even greater good to society than the treatment of infertility in specific couples.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28 July, 2009 - New York, NY\u003cbr/\u003e25. Medium of Miao during her ultrasound \u003cbr/\u003e26. Pan from Miao to doctor \u003cbr/\u003e27. Tight of ultrasound \u003cbr/\u003e28. SOUNDBITE (English) Hanqi Miao, Potential egg donor \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's just I value the meaning of life, actually you are giving a life, a living person to a family and it just somehow means more for me.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Doctor shaking hands with Miao\u003cbr/\u003eSoon, New York women will be able to donate their eggs not only to help others get pregnant, but also for stem cell research. \u003cbr/\u003eAnd they will get reimbursement of up to $10,000 _ paid for by taxpayers.\u003cbr/\u003eThe board that oversees funding of the state's stem cell research recently voted to make New York the only US state that allows taxpayer dollars to be used to pay for women to donate their eggs strictly for stem cell research.\u003cbr/\u003eHanqi Miao says she wants to donate her eggs to help infertile couples reproduce, but she acknowledged the money is good, too: she'll be paid about $5,000.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Who doesn't want money in your hand?\" says the 21-year-old woman, who will have to undergo hormone treatments that could abnormally swell her ovaries to the size of small grapefruits and cause discomfort.\u003cbr/\u003eBut some critics say the policy could encourage cash-strapped women to take risks with their health. They question the use of what they call \"embryonic human life\" for research.\u003cbr/\u003eResearchers believe stem cell research could lead to treatments for debilitating illnesses, such as diabetes and Parkinson's disease. \u003cbr/\u003eYet the science is still emergent, and experimental techniques such as somatic cell nuclear transfer - also known as therapeutic cloning - have stirred controversy because embryos can be destroyed in the process, which some consider akin to killing human life.\u003cbr/\u003eResearch, though, requires a suitable supply of eggs for research, which is where donors like Miao come in.\u003cbr/\u003eThe process involves hormone injections, producing more eggs per cycle than would be considered normal and retrieval with anaesthesia.\u003cbr/\u003eState Health Commissioner Richard Daines explains that the decision by the Empire State Stem Cell Board, which helps oversee $600 million in state funding for stem cell studies over 11 years, would be a help to researchers.\u003cbr/\u003eMost eggs taken for reproduction have been screened for health problems. What's necessary in stem cell research is often the reverse, because the intent is to understand diseases and find treatments for them.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If a stem cell researcher is interested in something related to sickle cell disease, which we know is highly genetic, they might then say we are looking for a woman with this gene, and we will compensate them for the eggs,\" Daines says.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Rev. Thomas Berg, a Roman Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of New York who sits on the board, was the only member to vote against the compensation policy.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says he opposed using taxpayer money to entice vulnerable women to donate their eggs for what he called speculative research. \u003cbr/\u003eDr. Kenneth Prager, a bioethicist at Columbia University Medical Center, says he understands the concerns raised about paying women to donate their eggs for research, but society has already deemed it ethical to pay women to donate eggs for reproduction.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile the Empire State Stem Cell Board's decision on June 11 makes it possible for women to donate their eggs expressly for stem cell research, the program is anticipated to be in place at the earliest by 2010, according to the state Department of Health. \u003cbr/\u003eResearch institutions would need to apply for the funding.\u003cbr/\u003eThe pay for donating eggs would be at least $5,000, but it could be up to $10,000 in certain cases. 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