SheKnows Message Boards  
 

Welcome to the SheKnows Message Boards.
Hi! You're not currently logged in or aren't yet a member -- but you can still read everything, as well as reply to posts and vote in polls. If you register (for free), you can also create new topics, track messages/friends, use a sig file and make a blog! (We're also offering great prizes for posting to your blog -- get the details here.)
Member Login
Username
Password
Sign Up | Lost PW? | Remember Me |



IVF mix-up. Who should get custody?

This is a discussion on IVF mix-up. Who should get custody? within the Debate forums, part of the Say Anything category; "A WHITE couple have had black twins after a shocking blunder at an NHS fertility clinic, The Sun can ...

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 01-26-2007, 07:57 PM
SKMagnificent
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,379
Default IVF mix-up. Who should get custody?

"A WHITE couple have had black twins after a shocking blunder at an NHS fertility clinic, The Sun can reveal.

The devastating mix-up involves a black couple who had also been desperately trying for a test-tube baby.

The IVF scandal — the first of its kind in Britain — has sparked a massive medical wrangle.

And it could become the centre of a historic legal battle to decide who should be regarded as the twins’ real parents.

The white mum, although horrified by the bungle, wants to keep the children.

But she may face a legal challenge from the black couple. "

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002310737,00.html

Who do you think should get custody? If the egg was the white woman's, should the black man get visitation? Should he have to pay child support? What if the children are the biological children of both of the black couple? Should the white couple have any rights/custody?
__________________
[
Reply With Quote
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 01-26-2007, 08:01 PM
Alynn's Avatar
Host
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: New York
Posts: 2,665
Default Re: IVF mix-up. Who should get custody?

You know, having two IVF babies this scares the crap out of me....so much so that I couldn't even take a guess of what's what or what should be done. I feel terrible for ALL involved.
__________________
Andrea (35) Dh (35)
Co-host of 30-Something Parenting
Infertility Survivor!!! I love my IVF girls!

Reply With Quote
  #3 (permalink)  
Old 01-26-2007, 08:12 PM
SKMagnificent
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,379
Default Re: IVF mix-up. Who should get custody?

Hey,

I noticed that you have two ivf babes. Congrats. Maybe I will join you one day!
__________________
[
Reply With Quote
  #4 (permalink)  
Old 01-27-2007, 05:49 PM
SKMagnificent
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,379
Default Re: IVF mix-up. Who should get custody?

A spin on this. What would you do if this happened to you? I thought about this and what I would do if this happened to me. If one of my eggs got mixed up and another couple had my biological child, I think I would let them have the baby. I thought about egg donation, I would donate eggs (but cannot as I am too old). So, I would look at it that way, as a 'donation' or gift to the couple.

However, if I was not successful with my own ivf I may feel differently.

Also, if the child turned out to be both mine and DH's, I may not be okay with that and want to have the child. Not sure why there is a difference there.

What would you do?
__________________
[
Reply With Quote
Reply

« Thoughts? | Rox »

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 11:27 PM.