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Coverage dated April 23, 2024

Couples sue clinic; Staff accused of implanting dead embryos

Headline from Foxla

Nine couples are suing a Newport Beach fertility lab saying the lab's negligence led to the death of their embryos. One couple says they may have lost their one chance to be parents. The lab has called it an isolated incident.

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  1. Foxla

    Couples sue clinic; Staff accused of implanting dead embryos (opens Foxla)

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    Nine couples are suing a Newport Beach fertility lab saying the lab's negligence led to the death of their embryos. One couple says they may have lost their one chance to be parents. The lab has called it an isolated incident.

  2. Los Angeles Times

    Lawsuit accuses Newport Beach fertility clinic of poisoning embryos (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    More than a dozen embryos were already no-viable when the lab, Ovation Fertility, implanted them into would-be mothers, said the lawsuit, which accuses the lab of negligence.

  3. The Daily Caller

    California Fertility Clinic Sued For Allegedly Implanting Non-Viable Embryos (opens The Daily Caller)

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    Nine couples have filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a California fertility clinic, People reported.

  4. Portland Press Herald

    Nine more couples whose embryos were destroyed sue fertility clinic (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The suit, filed Tuesday, claims the California clinic used hydrogen peroxide instead of a sterile solution in an incubator.

  5. NBC Los Angeles

    Couples suing Newport Beach fertility clinic for destroying embryos (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Nine couples in a joint lawsuit have accused Ovation Fertility in Newport Beach of destroying their embryos by exposing them to a lethal amount of poison.

  6. The Guardian

    Suit says California fertility clinic implanted destroyed embryos in patients (opens The Guardian)

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    Lawsuit claims that clinic staff mistakenly cleaned incubator with lethal solution, destroying embryos before implanting them

  7. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Another lawsuit filed against OC fertility clinic after embryos allegedly destroyed by lab error (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Another lawsuit has been filed against a Newport Beach fertility clinic for the death of embryos.

  8. Portland Press Herald

    Nine more couples whose embryos were destroyed sue California fertility clinic (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The suit, filed Tuesday, claims the California clinic used hydrogen peroxide instead of a sterile solution in an incubator.

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