"Very rare" IVF mix up expected to lead to renewed policies, regulation

11/04/2025 6 min
"Very rare" IVF mix up expected to lead to renewed policies, regulation

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Episode Synopsis

A woman has been found to have given birth to a stranger's baby, due to human error at her fertility clinic. Clinic Monash IVF has apologised, after finding a patient at a Queensland clinic was impregnated with an embryo that didn't belong to her. While the sector's representatives insist the incident is rare, it renews discussion on introducing a federal law to regulate IVF treatments,

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