 This does seem like a sound prima facie reason to prefer egg sharing although several caveats must be noted. First, some special types of risk may apply to egg sharers: for example, older women who don’t have many viable eggs left might reduce their chances of having a child by giving away ‘surplus’ eggs (Scott, Williams, Ehrich, &amp; Farsides 2012). Second, and similarly, concerns about consent may apply just as forcefully to egg sharers as to egg sellers, especially if some of these are ‘desperate’ to have a child and egg sharing is their only way of paying for infertility treatment services (Blyth &amp; Golding 2008). Thirdly, as already mentioned, this argument—if it worked—would show egg sharing to be superior not only to paid donation but also to altruistic donation, since the additional risks are the same whether paid or not (Wilkinson 2013).