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Bremner, Jade. “Video captures moment couple reunited with biological daughter after IVF mix up.” The Independent, November 10, 2021.
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Campoamor, Danielle. “Family discovers IVF mix-up after DNA test for 12-year-old son.” Today.com, November 21, 2021. https://www.today.com/parents/ivf-mix-discovered-after-dna-test-12-year-old-son-t238754

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City News Service. “Fertility Clinic Seeks Dismissal of Part of Couple's Lawsuit Over Embryo Mixup.” NBC 4 Los Angeles, February 11, 2022.
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Connor, Tracy. “Scrambled Eggs: Fertility Doc Screw-Up Leads Woman to Abort at 6 Months.” The Daily Beast, April 3, 2022. 
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Di Fiore, Bettina. “‘So sad and confusing’” IVF’s physical and psychological impact on children.” Live Action News, May 4, 2021. https://www.liveaction.org/news/sad-confusing-ivf-physical-psychological-impact/

Dodd, Johnny. “Couple’s ‘World Started Falling Apart’ After Discovering IVF Embryo Mixup: ‘This Isn’t Our Child’.” People, November 23, 2021. https://people.com/human-interest/couples-world-started-falling-apart-after-discovering-ivf-embryo-mixup/

Dodd, Johnny. “IVF Embryo Mix Up Leaves Two Couples Raising Each Other’s Babies: ‘It’s Still a Daily Struggle’.” People, November 8, 2021.
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Kubota, Samantha. “After ‘nightmare’ IVF mix up, 2 mothers give birth to each other’s babies.” Today, November 9, 2021.
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Levenson, Eric and Cheri Mossburg. “This couple got a stranger’s embryo in an IVF mixup, and someone else gave birth to their baby.”  CNN: Crime & Justice, July 10, 2019.
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Rogers, Jon. “Baby Swap: I gave birth to the wrong couple’s baby & spent four months raising her before swapping her back after IVF clinic mix-up.” The Sun (US Edition),  November 9, 2021. 
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Steinbuch, Yaron and Marjorie Hernandez. “Parents give birth to each other’s babies after shocking fertility clinic mix-up: suit.” New York Post, November 9, 2021.
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VanDamme, Catie. “Fertility Doctors Refused To Treat Me Holistically Because IVF Is Their Cash Cow.” The Federalist, March 18, 2024. https://thefederalist.com/2024/03/18/big-fertility-should-stop-pushing-ivf-on-women-as-the-first-and-only-option-for-making-a-baby/?fbclid=IwAR1DE2CBifudLWqOzxI4_t5dJn2FOSzfzxAJZcPTR9R6XFH5ZalQNXcM0YQ_aem_AUM1n4MUGxaf9G_geOJKup_gbRjiCxnwkXGDfbhYT3nzRSf88dfpepGoThqDDyBAD1

Villareal, Mireya. “Two couples swap babies after IVF mix-up.” CBS News, November 9, 2021.
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