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An embryo uh-oh! A lesbian couple is suing a Murray Hill fertility bank because Repro Lab allegedly lost six of their embryos. Eggs that had been harvested from Adriana Pacheco were to be implanted into Pacheco's partner Cathy Berger last spring, but the company said the embryos were lost. Even after looking twice, the lab couldn't find them!
The couple, who had signed an "Embryo Storage Agreement" in 2003 (which would have allowed them to retrieve the embryos whenever they wanted), accuse Repro Lab of "carelessly" and "unskillfully" taking care of the embryos and are seeking $3 million in damages. Their lawyer said, "Repro Lab should have dealt with the embryos with the greatest of care. It's a sacred trust." You'd think that when your business is in embryos, they would be the last things you'd want lose.
This is not the first controversy for Repro Lab. It had been holding a sperm sample of a man who later died of cancer. His parents wanted the sperm (grandchildren, of course) but the lab said the man wanted it destroyed. A judge ruled that the deposit had to be destroyed.
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my only hope is that the Chinese/Indian lab that Repro sold the embryos to paid more than half a mil for each...
The "first controversy" you mention doesn't seem to be a controversy for the lab, per se. They just happened to be the lab involved in the dispute between the deceased's wishes and his parents.
As somebody who has experienced the weird world of in-vitro, I have a lot of sympathy for these women. Pacheco was apparently 34 when those eggs were harvested - at 38 they are possibly going to be a *lot* more difficult to replace. If that turns out to be true, it's worth a few mil.
This is one of those few times where I think a lawsuit is absolutely justified. I hope that they win. I feel very badly for these two women.