{"id":304694,"date":"2024-01-07T13:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304694"},"modified":"2024-01-08T20:43:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T02:43:13","slug":"fertility-clinic-sued-embryos-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/fertility-clinic-sued-embryos-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Families left traumatized after fertility clinic implants embryos in wrong mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A California fertility clinic has settled a lawsuit<\/a> brought by multiple couples after an embryo mix-up left several parents and children traumatized and heartbroken. The clinic implanted one woman with two embryos from two different couples and another woman received a fourth couple’s embryo.<\/p>\n

An Asian-American couple, identified only as “YZ” and “AP,” traveled from New York to California for fertility treatment with Cha Fertility Clinic. They paid $100,000 and had eight embryos (actual, living human beings) created. Two were implanted, and AP was told she was expecting twin girls. Ultrasounds indicated that AP was carrying boys, but doctors assured her<\/a> those ultrasounds were wrong. Yet she eventually gave birth to two Caucasian boys.<\/p>\n

An investigation found that an \u201cunimaginable mishap\u201d had taken place, causing embryos from two different couples to be implanted instead of the embryos belonging to AP and YZ.<\/p>\n

To add to the heartache, the couple had to give the babies to their biological parents. One couple, Ashot and Anni Manukyan, told the New York Post<\/a> they found out about the snafu when they were called to come in for a cheek swab. A few days later, they found out what happened. “I was about to faint,” Anni said. She also learned she had been mistakenly implanted with a fourth couple’s baby, though she had a miscarriage.<\/p>\n