The strange story of the struggle of 6 women over a child begins when a woman became pregnant with the help of fertility drugs at Rishon Lezion Hospital, Israel. However, this pregnancy resulted in an embryo that did not belong to her or her husband biologically, after implanting it in her womb through the process of in vitro fertilization (IVF) by mistake. .
When the issue came to light last September, the health ministry said the hospital apologized for the emotional burden and stress caused to the patients.
Mixing genealogies
Following the discovery of mixed genealogies, an Israeli court ruled that genetic testing was required to determine the biological parents of the fetus.
Israeli officials announced late last month that they would stop searching for the biological mother, but according to Channel 12, 6 women and their husbands who believed the child belonged to them biologically announced that they had appealed to the court for genetic testing.
The couple, who obtained the fetus by mistake, plan to sue Rishon Lezion Hospital and demand NIS 10 million ($2.9 million) in compensation for “negligence and psychological harm.”
This is not the first time that an accidental embryo implantation has been reported in the world.
And the American Los Angeles Times reported the case of a woman who discovered weeks after the birth of her daughter that she did not belong to her biologically, but she eventually kept her.