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Posted on 06/14/2009 2:19:38 PM PDT by NYer
A MOTHER desperate to have a second child has told how she lost her last IVF embryo when the NHS implanted it into the wrong patient.
When the other woman found out that the embryo was not hers, she aborted it.
Details of the blunder raise fresh questions about the way IVF clinics are regulated.
The Sunday Times has previously revealed that women undergoing fertility treatment have had their eggs fertilised with the wrong sperm.
Deborah, the woman who lost her chance of another baby, is so traumatised by the error that she is reluctant to risk further IVF to have a longed-for sibling for her son, Jamie, 6.
Because Deborah is 40 her prospects of having another child with her boyfriend, Paul, 38, are slim and diminishing.
Deborah, who does not want to disclose her surname, said: “I will never forget the moment the hospital broke the news to us. Initially, the hospital told me there had been an accident in the lab and that the embryo had been damaged. I thought that someone had, perhaps, dropped the embryo dish.
“I remember thinking: ‘That’s our last hope gone – we will never have another child.’ I left the hospital feeling totally shell-shocked.
“When we went back to the hospital two days later and we were told the truth about my embryo being given to someone else I was so angry.”
Deborah, a healthcare worker, and Paul, who have been together for 17 years, went on the NHS waiting list for fertility treatment in 1996. After two failed attempts, Jamie was born on the third cycle in 2003.
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Who was it that said: “if God doesn’t judge America, then He owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology”?
I presume not to judge the Sovereign, but that quote popped into my mind reading this story.
Absolute moral bankruptcy.
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It happens. ;-)
Didn't this happen in the UK?
I am not agreeing with what the woman did, abortion is a pathetic answer to the problem. However, the woman probably did not kill this baby because it had the wrong genetics. She probably killed it because she was not going to be allowed to keep it once it was born. I am sure the other couple could have legally gained custody of the baby, which was theirs.
Granted, she was too self centered to consider the other couple and the life of the child, but it wasn’t just a question of keeping a baby with the wrong gene pool. At least that is what I would surmise.
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You obviously don’t read many of your own posts.
quote is attributed to Billy Graham.
...and, interestingly enough, a similar comment by Jay Leno.
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I can't wrap my mind around it, since she had an IVF procedure and went through all that to get pregnant. She should have thought this through a little more instead of thinking, "it's not 'mine', so I should abort it." The doctor who performed that abortion was likewise a fool.
It would be karmic if she has another IVF and it doesn't take because of the internal damage done due to the previous abortion procedure. Who will she sue then?
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Clearly, the NHS should be nationalized.
Sickening.
Looks like a waste of time....
People are so disgusting and yet they have the power to do anything they wish to these innocent little beings. They have ABSOLUTE POWER. I try not to curse God for creating this world.
I actually heard this quote made by Cal Thomas in one of his commentaries. He didn’t attribute it to anyone else, so I’m assuming the quote was his originally.
what a tangled web we weave.
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