# Cash for Eggs — Canada’s Fertility Industry Secret Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/cash-for-eggs-canada-s-fertility-industry-secret Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/cash-for-eggs-canada-s-fertility-industry-secret.md Podcast: [CANADALAND](https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958) Published: 2026-07-13T10:45:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/canadaland/episodes/6a544bc5c2f78bb6893db96a Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/630ceae33fe37400122828c6/e/6a544bc5c2f78bb6893db96a/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/cash-for-eggs-canada-s-fertility-industry-secret Duration seconds: 2714 ## Resource Canada’s Assisted Human Reproduction Act made it illegal to pay a woman to donate her eggs in Canada. The goal was to avoid incentivizing women to donate their eggs without fully understanding the risks of the procedure. But loopholes and a lax regulatory system have let a “grey market” prosper. In her investigation Gemma Boothroyd spent months meeting egg donors, doctors, researchers, lawyers — the long list of people working, often unseen, to make a baby for intended parents. Host: Gemma Boothroyd Credits: Gemma Boothroyd (Reporter), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), Chad Galloway (Audio Editing & Production), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher) Fact checking by Lucie Laumonier    Additional music by Audio Network More information: What 53 Egg Donors Said They Wish They Knew… Alana Cattapan’s research team’s work on egg donors in Canada  Canadian assisted reproductive technologies registry CARTR PLUS annual report   The Human Egg Trade | The Walrus The Business of Egg Transactions and Need for Improved Regulation of the Fertility Industry in Canada | Alberta Law Review   Egg donor self-reports of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: severity by trigger type, oocytes retrieved, and prior history - PMC First prosecution under Assisted Human Reproduction Act ends in conviction - PMC Sponsors:   Fizz : Visit https://fizz.ca and activate a first plan using the referral code CAN25 to get 40$ off and 10GB of free data. Shopify : Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://shopify.ca Article : Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit https://article.com/canadaland and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout. C… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/canadaland-317958/episodes/cash-for-eggs-canada-s-fertility-industry-secret/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/canadaland-317958/cash-for-eggs-canada-s-fertility-industry-secret.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.