Fertility Woes in Japan
A young Japanese woman was apparently impregnated with the wrong egg. The embryo-mix-up has caused much distress for the woman in her 20s, who later aborted the pregnancy and is now suing the local government for 20 million Yen (roughly $250,000 US Dollars). During the In Vitro Fertilization procedure the woman was implanted with another woman's eggs. The issue at hand is that it is said the Japanese culture frowns upon surrogacy, adoption, and basically raising children which are not yours.
Yahoo News said, "The hospital has a long history of carrying out such procedures, and this is the first time such a mistake has occurred, hospital spokesman Hajime Morishita said."The in vitro procedures are carried out in sequence one after the other, and in this case the eggs from one procedure may have accidentally been left over and used in the following procedure," he said"
In recent weeks, both in the US and overseas, IVF and fertility treatments have been greatly scrutinized, so this lawsuit comes on the surge of many fertility woes. This may bring about more stringent fertility treatment and fertility clinic laws globally.
Posted by Tala on 2/20/2009 8:52:29 AM
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