{"58937":{"#nid":"58937","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Levine study Slashdotted","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe post read: \u0022Analysis from Georgia Institute of Technology of college newspaper egg donor ads showed that higher payments offered to egg donors correlated with higher SAT scores. \u0027Holding all else equal, an increase of 100 SAT points in the score of a typical incoming student increased the compensation offered to oocyte donors at that college or university by $2,350,\u0027 writes researcher Aaron D. Levine in a paper published in the March-April issue of the Hastings Center Report. Concerned about eggs being treated as commodities, and worried that big financial rewards could entice women to ignore the risks of the rigorous procedures required for harvesting, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine discourages compensation based on donors\u0027 personal characteristics. The society also discourages any payments over $10,000.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Levine\u0027s study was posted on Slashdot.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Levine study Slashdotted"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2010-04-21 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:59","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/science.slashdot.org\/story\/10\/03\/29\/1417243\/Good-SAT-Scores-Lead-To-Higher-Egg-Donor-","title":"Good SAT Scores Lead To Higher Egg Donor Prices"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"9920","name":"egg donation"},{"id":"8996","name":"levine"},{"id":"171005","name":"Slashdot"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003ERebecca Keane\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIvan Allen College\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EContact Rebecca Keane\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-1720\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}