Spanish women are having fewer and fewer children, and yet the country has become the egg donation capital of Europe. We find out about the experiences of women who decide to donate their eggs, and whether there are enough protections in place to prevent them from being exploited.

Featuring Anna Molas, research fellow in anthropology at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona in Spain.

This episode was produced and written by Katie Flood with assistance from Mend Mariwany. Eloise Stevens does our sound design, and our theme music is by Neeta Sarl. Gemma Ware is the executive producer of The Conversation Weekly. Full credits for this episode are available here. A transcript will be available soon. Sign up here for a free daily newsletter from The Conversation.

Further reading: 

• Spain is the egg donation capital of Europe – here’s what it’s like to be a donor
• Science experiments traditionally only used male mice – here’s why that’s a problem for women’s health
• More from The Conversation’s Women’s Health Matters series