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Melissa Russell and baby Violet Faith
"As featured on ABC's World News Tonight" are the first words on PregnancyStore.com, referring to last summer's story
about a revolutionary new test called Baby Gender Mentor that promised
to reveal your unborn baby's gender at just 5 weeks after conception.
The
baby gender test appears again on ABC World News Tonight, but this time
the story is different. Instead of an amazing medical
breakthrough, tonight's story is about a lawsuit filed by angry mothers
against the test's maker, Acu-Gen BioLabs.
Melissa Russell, of Texas, isn't just upset that Acu-Gen got her baby's gender wrong. When her Baby Gender Mentor result was a boy, but ultrasound revealed she was carrying a girl, Acu-Gen insisted the test was correct, and warned Melissa to expect a baby boy with "ambiguous genitalia".
Melissa's baby girl, Violet Faith, was born in December with completely normal female genitals. Melissa paid out of pocket for genetic testing to confirm that her daughter's chromosomes are normal as well.
Other women have shared their Acu-Gen woes with the press as well; links below.
- Revisiting the Baby Gender Mentor
NPR (includes audio)
Conversation with Nell Boyce - Parents Sue Over Pregnancy Test Said to Tell Baby's Sex
ABC World News Tonight - Fetal Test Errors (Video)
ABC World News Tonight
With Melissa Russell and baby Violet Kate
Note, video may include an ad at the beginning - Controversial Baby Gender Test Causes Concern
KBTX-TV, CBS Affiliate, Texas
With Raylene Lewis (RealtorMom) - Woman Feels Ripped Off After Paying Hundreds For Gender Test
ABC News Cleveland Affiliate
With Trinity Lazanis - Lowell firm is sued on fetal gender test; Plaitiffs allege guarantee unmet
Boston Globe, Carey Goldberg - 16 Women File Lawsuit Against Boston Lab
Associated Press / The Boston Globe - Anger, lawsuit over lab's botched baby-gender tests
Lowell (Mass.) Sun Newspaper
With Gena Ceneri (MikeysMom) - Moms sue company over test accuracy
The Oklahoman Newspaper (Free registration required)
With Leila Willingham (leilawill)
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