{"id":320080,"date":"2024-10-10T12:45:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T17:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=320080"},"modified":"2024-10-10T14:49:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T19:49:52","slug":"lawsuit-dad-daughter-ivf-arent-biologically-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/lawsuit-dad-daughter-ivf-arent-biologically-related\/","title":{"rendered":"Dad sues after learning daughter conceived by IVF isn&#8217;t biologically related to him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lawsuit filed on September 30th reveals that a father, who has chosen to remain anonymous, is suing a former Nevada IVF clinic OBGYN and embryologist after discovering his daughter, born through IVF, is not biologically related to him. The news came as the greatest <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shock after his 18 year-old daughter (known as KP Doe) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/crime\/ivf-embryo-lawsuit-dna-b2622682.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">took a DNA test via Ancestry.com and discovered no biological link to the man she calls \u2018dad.\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man, named in the lawsuit as \u201cEP Doe,\u201d states that he and his wife, CWP, who is now deceased, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/lawsuit\/embryo-mix-up-means-dad-isnt-related-to-daughter-could-have-another-child-somewhere-out-in-the-world-lawsuit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">underwent IVF using a donor egg and his sperm back in 2004<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They consulted with defendants Dr. Rachel McConnell and embryologist Dee Harris who worked out of Nevada Fertility C.A.R.E.S., an IVF clinic that has now been closed since the early 2010s. These defendants have been sued before for \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wric.com\/news\/u-s-world\/dna-test-leads-las-vegas-family-to-sue-fertility-clinic-over-wrong-embryo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">negligence in properly freezing and storing embryos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d used in IVF. Apparently, this $30,000 lawsuit occurred around the same time as this family\u2019s IVF treatment took place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family\u2019s attorney, Robert Murdock of Murdock and Associates, states, \u201cEP was deprived of the opportunity to create life from his heritage as was promised and planned by Defendants,\u201d and notes that EP is now undergoing the process to adopt KP officially since she is not biologically related to him. The lawsuit also brings to light the possibility that other embryos could have been mixed up between families anytime between 2002 and 2012, and that \u201cthe only way anyone would know [about a mixup] would be DNA testing of all persons who used the services of Defendants,\u201d within this time frame. It remains to be discovered what happened with the embryo originally intended for EP and his wife CWP, who passed away in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gallup-poll-americans-confused-ivf\/\"><em>Gallup poll shows Americans are confused about IVF<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been revealed that KP was intended for another Las Vegas couple, known by the alias, \u2018DM.\u2019 \u201cAt some point before implantation and even after, Defendants and each of them should have known about what they did in this matter,\u201d the lawsuit states. \u201cThe reason is, DM (KP\u2019s biological father) would have had a missing embryo from Nevada Fertility C.A.R.E.S., and, EP (and CWP Doe) would have had an embryo that went un-implanted.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EP had explained to Murdock that he and CWP <em>had not shared<\/em> with KP that she was conceived through IVF and an egg donor because \u201cthere just did not seem to be a reason to.\u201d But when CWP passed away due to \u201cautoimmune and heart issues,\u201d KP decided to learn more about her heritage through Ancestry.com. This is when EP decided it would be good to explain the lack of a genetic connection between the mother and daughter before KP found out on her own. No one was expecting to find the lack of a genetic connection between father and daughter as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Law&amp;Crime, Murdock states the family has presented \u201cmalpractice, negligence, and intentional infliction of emotional distress\u201d charges, \u201cand they are seeking an undetermined amount of punitive damages as well as compensatory damages greater than $15,000.\u201d There is currently no court date set to address these charges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/resist-pressure-to-dispense-the-abortion-pill\/\"><b><i>Urge Walmart, Costco, Kroger, and other major chains to resist pressure to dispense the abortion pill<\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lawsuit filed on September 30th reveals that a father, who has chosen to remain anonymous, is suing a former Nevada IVF clinic OBGYN and embryologist after discovering his daughter, born through IVF, is not biologically related to him. 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