Students are selling their bodies to pay the bills

Some students become a temp or babysitter. Other students are selling their bodies. Students can donate plasma for compensation or turn to the extremes of hair, sperm or egg donations. “I heard that you could donate plasma and then I heard that you get paid to donate,” said donor. “I can do something good and put some extra money in my pocket.”

After meeting children who had benefited from taking medication made from plasma, donor started donating. The compensation he received for his donations made it easier for donor to pay his bills. “It was perfect for me. My car payment was $150 and my insurance was $100 a month,” donor said. “Donating almost made my car free.”

Donation centers offer compensation for donations. They give compensation to encourage donation and thank donors for their time. While the centers don’t track why people donate, specialists believe students are one of the most likely demographics to donate. Students can donate up to twice every seven days.

“People come in for all different reasons,” doctor said. “For college students I think one of the reasons is because they have a little more time on their hands. They come in and they can study, and do things while they’re donating. Time-wise it’s not as time-committing as having a full-time job.”

It is no secret that the compensation from donations can help supplement income, but donation centers see it as something more than an easy way to make money. “We don’t see this as selling your body,” doctor said. “Without these donors there would be patients globally that would not be receiving their medicine. So the donors are extremely important.”

Students might consider selling other body materials for extra cash. Selling sperm or eggs, for example, can offer high compensation but requires more time per donation. Women who donate their eggs must take hormones and regularly visit doctors to prepare for the invasive surgical process of removing eggs. Through the entire process egg donors cannot exercise, drink or have intercourse. Donating sperm might seem as easy as opening a nudie magazine, but several requirements are in place for donors. Men must meet a strict list of requirements to determine eligibility for genetic donation. To donate, a man must be older than 20 and younger than 39, be a certain height, have a college degree or be working towards one, and commit to the sperm donation program for a year or two college semesters for out-of-state students.

Both sperm and egg donors must reveal their family medical history, including histories of heart disease, mental illness and alcoholism. Donors must also disclose personal information about tattoos, experimental sexual experiences and drug and alcohol use.

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