South Korea Cracks Down on Illegal Egg Sale

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South Korean bioethics has teeth, as noted by Reuters:

South Korean police have made their first arrest under a new bioethics law, capturing a man they suspect illegally sold human eggs to infertile couples in South Korea and Japan, a police spokesman said on Monday.

Police raided four Seoul area hospitals on Sunday following the arrest on Saturday of a 28-year-old man identified by his family name Kim, who tried to entice women to sell their ova to help them pay off debts such as massive credit card bills, the spokesman said.

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