# Placenta Sales: Prices, C-Sections and Ethical Questions

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2090511412334350730
- Source account: [@TinaZimmermann4](https://x.com/TinaZimmermann4)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:52
- Published: 2026-08-21
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DvIZYjFtYP4Z/en/placenta-sales-prices-c-sections-and-ethical-questions

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DvIZYjFtYP4Z/en/placenta-sales-prices-c-sections-and-ethical-questions) So there are companies that come in to take women's placentas and use them for pharmaceuticals, for beauty products, for stem cells, basically medical procedures. They're valued at a lot of money.

[0:15](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DvIZYjFtYP4Z/en/placenta-sales-prices-c-sections-and-ethical-questions?t=15) I've heard $50,000. I've heard $500,000.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DvIZYjFtYP4Z/en/placenta-sales-prices-c-sections-and-ethical-questions?t=18) I've heard- That much for a placenta? For a placenta. I've also heard that they're more valuable when they're a C-section.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DvIZYjFtYP4Z/en/placenta-sales-prices-c-sections-and-ethical-questions?t=25) Why? Because they don't go through the vaginal canal, so they're not as, quote, contaminated, so they can charge more for it.

[0:31](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/DvIZYjFtYP4Z/en/placenta-sales-prices-c-sections-and-ethical-questions?t=31) So you mean to tell me that a company will pay 50,000 or above- Different, mm-hmm ... for a woman's placenta- Mm-hmm ... and pay more if they are not given birth vaginally, and is that why so many women are being forced into C-sections?