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The University Medical Centre (UMC) in Utrecht, Netherlands is investigating the possibility that an error has led to 26 women's eggs being fertilized by the "wrong" sperm:
A Dutch medical institution has launched an investigation after discovering that up to 26 women's eggs may have been fertilised by the wrong sperm at its IVF laboratory.
A "procedural error" between mid-April 2015 and mid-November 2016 during the in-vitro fertilisation was to blame, the University Medical Centre in Utrecht said. "During fertilisation, sperm cells from one treatment couple may have ended up with the egg cells of 26 other couples," said a statement. "Therefore there's a chance that the egg cells have been fertilised by sperm other than that of the intended father."
Although the chance of that happening was small the possibility "could not be excluded", said the centre.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:05AM
They would have done it anyway.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:07AM
Bonus points if the donor sperm was from an obviously different race/ethnic background. ;-)
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:08AM
Ain't No Niggers in Dutchland.
(Score: 2) by Entropy on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:13AM
...until now.
(Score: 2) by edIII on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:30AM
Well, a cursory review of Dutch porn would show you that your statement is factually incorrect.......
Dutch + Black gave me ~500k results in one site alone. I've only inspected about 200 results, but blackness is confirmed in Dutchland. It's in Dutchland, then out of Dutchland, then back into Dutchland, out of Dutchland, into Dutchland via the backdoor....... :)
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:41AM
Killjoys. Dutch is black.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday January 01 2017, @07:37AM
This isn't the worst instance. Awhile ago some fucking Jew mixed up some semen and stuck a bunch of Nordic women with autistic niggers. No, really, this actually happened, Google it.
But the worst part was that the Nordic women kept the autistic niggers. They didn't take 'em out back and shoot 'em Ol' Yeller-style, they literally ruined their own lives to dedicate theirs to watching retard nigger-babies.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:30AM
The Father [theatrehistory.com] (1887)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:50AM
Barney Gumble apparently funds his booze habit by...erk...donating to Springfield's sperm bank. A lot. As in "every single baby being walked out of there by their mothers belches exactly like him."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @05:01AM
Moe's will turn record profits when those kids grow up to be alcoholics.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @06:10AM
Who the hell is Barney Gumble?
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday January 01 2017, @07:16AM
Turn in your geek card!
...seriously, Barney's the fat messed-up one with the belch like a clogged jet engine. Most often seen sleeping under a pile of leaves until Bart skate-hops on him.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @09:05AM
Didn't Barney win a lifetime supply of free Duff? About your geek card...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @06:18PM
so it's been expired for what.. 15-20 years now? (They killed off Duff Man at some point.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @08:53AM
This looks like a job for Francis! Allegedly, he can tell, just by looking, when a baby does not look like its father!
(Score: 2) by quacking duck on Sunday January 01 2017, @04:39PM
Forget the funny comments for a moment. When errors like this are detected are the parents still obligated to bring it to term? And leaving abortion issues aside, if the child is already born when the error is discovered are the parents obligated to raise the child, or is putting the child up for adoption ok? This isn't a case of one partner cheating, after all; since money was involved it literally isn't what the parents paid for. I suppose the contract includes clauses that absolve the IVF company from providing any post-procedure liability for errors on their part, like paying for childcare support.
What about a more extreme case, where the intended egg and sperm are correct but the embryo is implanted in the wrong woman, so she effectively becomes a surrogate? Or flip it around: the surrogate parents *want* to keep the child after the error is discovered, but the genetic parents want it back?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 01 2017, @11:09PM
Genes are destiny? Have we gone full on Nazi here on SoylentNews of late?
Children are not property, even if you "make" them in a clinic. A child does not "belong" to the source of its genes, any more than it "belongs" to the breast that nurses it. And if a couple can reject a child because of an error like this, well, they are not really qualified to be parents at all. What if the result of IVF ends up with a genetic disorder, or a birth defect, for whatever reason? "Not what we ordered, can we send it back?" Or in the near future: "We signed up for a brown-eyed brunette, and this baby has blue eyes and blonde hair! Take it back!" Or even worse, what happens if the child is ordered by a devout religious couple, and when the kid hits puberty it turns out they are gay? Or even even worse, an atheist!!!! No, there is no ethical issue here. Just some alt-right cucks who are sociopaths anyway. A baby is a baby, after it is born.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday January 02 2017, @01:45AM
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It was a procedural error.
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