Some of them gave birth to each other's children "terrifying" details about the crimes of IVF in the world

Although it represented a glimmer of hope for many around the world who dreamed of having children, IVF often hides a dark side behind it, which recently drew the attention of media professionals and human rights organizations, as it poses a health and security threat.

Behind the pictures and scenes of many fathers and mothers celebrating their recent success in conceiving a child through IVF, after their long despair in that, many media reports recently revealed a set of painful facts and stories in IVF clinics, which have turned this technology into a curse. in the lives of many.

Several studies indicate that assisted reproductive technology has witnessed a boom and great growth since the eighties of the last century, but it is still constantly subjected to a wave of criticism in legal and legislative circles, and among human rights organizations and even among religious groups and currents, and it seems that every group has a face of objection and criticism. its own.

Mixing and sharing between children

Confusing IVF is one of the worst human crimes committed by IVF clinics against many fathers and mothers, as several cases were recorded in which a woman's fetus was implanted, either by mistake or intentionally, in another womb.

It was not often easy to detect these errors and pay attention to them throughout the pregnancy, until the birth of the child and detect this, through DNA tests. And some of them are still ignorant of the truth about what they were exposed to in the assisted reproductive clinics.

Recently, the case of a California couple caused a sensation, after they filed a lawsuit against the California Center for Reproductive Health (CCRH) alleging medical malpractice, breach of contract, negligence and fraud, after the mixing of embryos during IVF in 2019.

The couple had initially doubts about the fertilization process, due to the dark skin of the child they gave birth to, and this was soon confirmed later by a DNA test. "I was overwhelmed with feelings of fear, betrayal, anger and heartbreak," the mother said in a press statement. "I was robbed of the ability to hold my child, and I never had the opportunity to bond with her during pregnancy to feel her kick."

And the California couple's case was not the only one of its kind, as many other cases were reported, some of which discovered mixing and exchange between sons belatedly, which made it very painful for them.

In this context, many specialists and jurists called for more oversight of IVF clinics, and some stressed that "this case highlights today an industry in dire need of federal regulation."

Profitable business

With the absence of the necessary legal scrutiny and oversight, assisted reproductive technology has become a profitable market and a tool for accumulating huge fortunes for many clinics and doctors. High in the success of operations.

At a time when the field of artificial insemination has grown and reproductive centers and clinics have been able to collect large sums of money, many studies have revealed that the success rates of fertilization operations were actually very low.

According to an earlier report by Sam Thatcher, former director of the Center for Applied Reproductive Sciences in Johnson City, Tennessee, “By the mid-1980s, more than half of the assisted reproductive technology programs in place at the time had exceeded 100 pregnancies.” Even though she was making a lot of money in the process.”

The report added: "In fact, clinics not only manipulate data to compete for new patients, but also sometimes use fertilization techniques that are dangerous to the health of the mother and fetus to increase the chances of success, and thus lure more victims."

Lack of legal oversight and accountability

The field of IVF still lacks laws and legislation that are fair to the victims and protect them from exploitation and medical errors, and the industry is often subject to self-regulatory laws and regulations. This security and legislative failure in several countries around the world may seem surprising and alarming at the same time.

Specialists and researchers believe that the IVF success rate reports that are published every year in several countries do not provide any accurate information about the number of these operations and their failure rates, because the clinics that perform these operations are mainly involved in preparing these reports.

In the same context, media outlets recently reported that two assisted reproductive clinics in the United States of America had catastrophic malfunctions in equipment and devices, which put the frozen embryos and eggs at risk. Many sources suggest that these malfunctions and risks persist and are blacked out, because clinics in the United States and in the United Kingdom, for example, are not required to report these problems, which may shatter the dreams of many people forever.