'There's an 80% likelihood, in his lifetime, he's going to develop cancer,' the father said of his toddler son.
A Whittier couple is suing its fertility clinic, Huntington Reproductive Center, alleging it used an embryo it specifically promised it wouldn't because of the significant health consequences that come with it.A California couple is suing its fertility clinic, Huntington Reproductive Center, alleging it used an embryo it specifically promised it wouldn't because of the significant health consequences that come with it.
"And we would have never known," said Jason. "We would have gone his whole life not knowing, until we would found out that he had stomach cancer.""There's an 80% likelihood, in his lifetime, he's going to develop cancer," said Jason.The lawsuit alleges HRC fraudulently concealed information about previous mistakes and their ability to catch mistakes. Separate allegations of negligence and battery are in arbitration.
Jason and Melissa say HRC suggested they get testing done, and that the testing company sent accurate results, which HRC - in Jason and Melissa's words- simply misread. "Nothing they can do can't make it right," said Melissa Diaz. "Like, what's going to stop my son from going through all this? Nothing. So I'm just ... I'm very upset, very angry, very disappointed that I trusted a professional clinic and ended up doing the complete opposite of what we wanted."At HRC Fertility, our mission is to provide world-class care to all our patients struggling with parenthood. The family planning journey requires many difficult choices.
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