An Australian mother filed a law suit against her reproductive endocrinologist because she gave birth to twins instead of a single baby. The mother had considered adoption, but opted to sue for the amount needed to raise the child.
Unconfirmed reports place the mother near the Outback holding one of her babies at arm's length, shouting, "I sure hope a dingo doesn't take my extra baby."
The mother now has to pick which child is the one that she meant to have and which child is the burdensome accident ruining the lives of the entire family.
The woman's case hinges on the the fact that the doctor put two eggs in her womb instead of one. This might seem like bad news for the doctor, but using multiple eggs is standard procedure in in-vitro fertilization. It is also something that can be researched in under thirty seconds. (Click here)
The success rate of one egg out of an entire batch growing to term is about 1 in 3. If this lady had two kids with only two eggs, then she was just unlucky without getting lucky. Yet, it is a well-known fact that fertility treatments often lead to multiple births. It's like smoking cigarettes and being astonished by the coughing fits years later.
Maybe, if the doctor failed to mention the risks, maybe, if the doctor and the patient just did it all spur of the moment in the heat of a clinical passion, maybe, if the doctor did it as a joke, then nine months later, in the delivery room, Alan Funt runs in with a camera crew, shouting "Gotcha," as the mother gives birth to the second, unwanted human larva, maybe then she'd have a case.
The lawsuit sounds frivolous. There are many unfortunate couples out there that can't conceive children. Oh, wait, that woman was one of them. She should give that child to someone like herself, provided that person isn't so much like her, because It would be best if someone with some sense was raising one of those babies.
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