Strange.. Tough luck…
I wonder if they are also suing their parents for having them?
And their grandparents for giving birth to their parents who gave birth to them?
SYDNEY (AFP) — An Australian couple who used IVF to conceive a daughter to avoid passing on an incurable disease which only affects males are suing their doctors after giving birth to a boy, a report said Sunday.
The couple opted to use in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) to get pregnant so the woman could be implanted with only female embryos to avoid having a boy afflicted by the genetic and life-threatening illness haemophilia.
But in June 2005 they were delivered a son, Jess, who was soon afterwards found to have a severe form of haemophilia, a disease in which the blood does not clot properly and puts sufferers at risk of bleeding to death.
The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said the couple, which it did not name, have launched a Supreme Court action against their doctors and IVF clinics.
The couple, who say they were never informed they were due to have a boy, say they would have considered a termination if they had known, the paper said.
“We love our little boy, but we are very sorry he has to go through so much in his life,” they told the paper.
“We tried everything to avoid this situation, and now our boy has to go through all the pain and treatment in order to survive.
“We now face the fact that Jess will require treatment for the rest of his life.”
The couple are claiming damages for shock and nervous anxiety caused by the unexpected arrival of a boy and also want compensation for medical expenses as well as loss of income related to caring for their son.
