16 Mar San Francisco Fertility Clinic Sued Over Embryo Tank Failure

By the Associated Press and Published in the Washington Post

Published: March 15 at 7:41 PM

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SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco fertility clinic was sued again Thursday over the possible destruction of thousands of frozen eggs and embryos in a storage tank that malfunctioned.

Jonathan and Megan Bauer, a Sacramento-area couple, lost all eight embryos they were keeping at Pacific Fertility Center when the nitrogen level in a storage tank dropped, their attorney, Adam Wolf (of Peiffer Wolf Carr & Kane), said on a call with reporters to announce the couple’s federal lawsuit.

The Bauers had been storing the embryos for several years, and the woman was set to undergo an implantation in April, Wolf said. The couple are now in their late 30s — potentially reducing the chance of pregnancy. They also are not sure they can afford additional fertilization procedures, Wolf said.

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