想要女孩的夫婦起訴IVF診所移植男性胚胎

　　Couple who wanted a girl sue IVF clinic for transferring male embryo

　　美國的一對夫婦正在起訴他們的生育診所，因為他們在IVF治療期間錯誤地轉移了男性胚胎。

　　Heather Wilhem-Routenberg和她的妻子Robin'Robbie'Routenberg-Wilhelm只想在孩子是女孩的情況下生孩子，因為Heather在大學畢業(yè)后遭受了男性性侵犯的長期創(chuàng)傷。

　　這對夫婦去了紐約萊瑟姆的CNY生育診所，他們特別要求只有女性胚胎——使用羅比的*子和捐贈者的精子——被移植到希瑟的子宮中。

　　然而，在為期15周的預約中，他們被告知希瑟懷的孩子實際上是男性：第二天的掃描證實了這一點。

　　“我們的下巴掉到了地上。我確信這一定是別人的結果”，希瑟在接受《紐約郵報》采訪時說。

　　在確認嬰兒是男孩后，診所啟動了一項內(nèi)部調(diào)查，以確定胚胎的父母。七周后，這對夫婦收到確認胚胎確實與羅比有關，而不是更換或錯誤識別胚胎的結果。

　　盡管這對夫婦拒絕了墮胎的選擇，但希瑟陷入了抑郁。

　　'我非常憤怒。她說，這感覺像是一種深深的背叛。

　　希瑟于2020年12月分娩，但努力與嬰兒建立聯(lián)系，并對她的襲擊感到焦慮和閃回。現(xiàn)在，她和兒子的關系得到了改善，她指責診所破壞了他的成長歲月。

　　“我感到非常內(nèi)疚和羞恥，因為我無法在情感上為他而存在，”希瑟說。

　　Heather和Robbie以11項罪名起訴CNY，包括違約、醫(yī)療事故和電池。

　　A couple in the USA is suing their fertility clinic for wrongly transfering a male embryo during IVF treatment.

　　Heather Wilhem-Routenberg and her wife Robin'Robbie'Routenberg-Wilhelm only wanted to have children if the children were girls,after Heather experienced long-term trauma from being sexually assaulted by men after leaving university.

　　The couple,who went to CNY fertility clinic in Latham,New York,specifically requested that only female embryos–created using an egg from Robbie and donor sperm–be transferred into Heather's womb.

　　However,at a 15-week appointment,they were told that the child Heather was carrying was in fact a male:something that was confirmed by a scan the following day.

　　'Our jaws dropped to the floor.I was convinced it had to be someone else's result',Heather said in an interview with the New York Post.

　　Having confirmed the baby was a boy,an internal investigation by the clinic was launched to determine the parents of the embryo.After seven weeks,the couple received confirmation that the embryo was indeed related to Robbie,and not the result of switched or misidentified embryos.

　　Although the couple declined the option of an abortion,Heather fell into depression.

　　'I was so furious.It felt like a deep betrayal',she said.

　　Heather gave birth in December 2020 but struggled to connect with the baby and experienced anxiety and flashbacks to her assaults.Now,the relationship with her son is improved,and she blames the clinic for damaging his formative years.

　　'I feel immense guilt and shame because I wasn't able to be emotionally present for him'said Heather.

　　Heather and Robbie are suing CNY on 11 counts including breach of contract,medical malpractice and battery.