The woman pictured gave birth to the baby she’s holding. You might notice something off here — she did too

The IVF clinic she went to implanted another couple’s embryo. After raising the child for 5 months she surrendered him to the biological parents 

There’s no way to tell how many mistakes like this and others occur with IVF because most end in arbitration. No one’s tracking anything

And calls for industry regulation are meeting fierce pushback 

“The IVF industry has historically opposed additional regulation, saying that mistakes are no more common than in any other field of medicine.” 

There also is an unwillingness to confront an embryo’s personhood that plays a part. No one wants to link IVF and abortion

One thing to me seems certain— as more people turn to IVF as its popularity grows for genetic family planning (vs fertility alone) — there will be more mistakes

The woman pictured gave birth to the baby she’s holding. You might notice something off here — she did too

The IVF clinic she went to implanted another couple’s embryo. After raising the child for 5 months she surrendered him to the biological parents 

There’s no way to tell how many mistakes like this and others occur with IVF because most end in arbitration. No one’s tracking anything

And calls for industry regulation are meeting fierce pushback 

“The IVF industry has historically opposed additional regulation, saying that mistakes are no more common than in any other field of medicine.” 

There also is an unwillingness to confront an embryo’s personhood that plays a part. No one wants to link IVF and abortion

One thing to me seems certain— as more people turn to IVF as its popularity grows for genetic family planning (vs fertility alone) — there will be more mistakes 

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/ivf-errors-legal-protections-nightmare-mistakes-lawsuits-rcna194215

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Medical industry just unlocked a new kind of generational trauma

/salty /fufu

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man this got me thinking of pragmatism a lot

The hope over the long run is that the societal benefits out weigh the individual’s traumas