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November 10, 2021

Andrew Campbell 

Mrs. Daphna Cardinale and her husband Alexander from California had a baby girl in September 2019 and raised her for months following a fertility clinic mix-up. Daphna stated that the alleged mix-up has left her overwhelmed with feelings of fear, betrayal, anger, and heartbreak during a news conference with her husband on November 8 announcing the lawsuit against the Los Angeles-based fertility center, the California Center for Reproductive Health (CCRH), as well as In VitroTech Labs, an embryology lab.

Following a DNA test, it revealed that the couple had given birth to a stranger's child after a fertility clinic had given them the wrong embryo during in vitro fertilization (IVF). Months later, the Cardinales discovered that the other woman had carried and delivered their biological daughter. In January 2020, two couples reached an agreement, and the babies were swapped back. Both of the babies, who were both girls, were returned to their biological families.

In 2019, a couple from Glendale, California, filed a separate lawsuit against a fertility clinic in New York, claiming their embryo was implanted in the wrong woman. These out-of-the-ordinary fertility cases, which prompted calls for increased oversight of IVF clinics, highlight an industry in desperate need of federal oversight.