Major IVF company accused of using 'wrong sperm' to create children and failing to warn of donor's potential genetic issuesAnastasia and Lexie Gunn love their three children no matter what, but the mystery of what went wrong with their conception at one of Australia's biggest fertility clinics haunts them.Their three sons were conceived through donor sperm at the Queensland Fertility Group between 2006 and 2014.
"Our youngest son … has joint hypermobility syndrome also. He also has a diagnosis on the autism spectrum and ADHD."As the diagnoses kept adding up, Anastasia and Lexie wanted to find out if other children of donor 227 had similar problems."I was completely perplexed," Anastasia said. "I could see that there was no match between our eldest boy and our younger two.
Embryologist and IVF Patient Advocate Lucy Lines said the big business of baby-making has changed the way corporate clinics respond to mistakes.Emeritus Professor Bill Ledger, a fertility specialist who's worked for 30 years in public and private IVF clinics, said transparency is vital when errors occur.
RTAC's primary role is to audit clinics against a Code of Practice and grant licences which allows IVF companies to claim millions of dollars in Medicare rebates."It looks after the scientific and the medical side of the clinics. And they're very well respected in that space, but when it comes to the corporate decisions of the businesses, they don't have that power."Single mum Danielle Patorniti has her own battle against QFG. She's fighting to warn other parents.
In a statement, QFG told Four Corners the donor sperm is only available to patients who've previously used the donor and now want more children. Queensland's Office of the Health Ombudsman is investigating both complaints as well as systemic issues across the state's entire fertility industry.
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