Letters to the Editor
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I Think the Plaintiffs Botched It
From the linked story:
"The birth mother [...] said she and her partner briefly considered adopting out one of the girls but quickly dismissed the idea. She said adopting out one child would be unfair to both girls. "The burden is not the children's to bear. The burden is ours alone."
Well, if by "ours alone" one means "ours and the doctor who negligently transferred two embryos."
Something just doesn't jibe there.
I wish the story mentioned when the lawsuit had been brought. Was it immediately after the procedure? Immediately after the birth? Or a year later, after the parents realized kids are more expensive than puppies?
The parents would have been better off just suing for malpractice and asking for a multiple of what they paid for the procedure. The rest of the details surrounding the case make the whole story sound WAYYYY too nutty. I doubt they'll get a dime.