A white lesbian mum who was accidentally impregnated with the sperm of a black man has lost her legal battle against the sperm bank.
Jennifer Cramblett, 36, said she adores her three-year-old daughter Payton but took legal action claiming she was not culturally prepared to raise a mixed-race child.
She and her partner Amanda Zinkon spent more than a year deciding on which donor they wanted to father their child.
They specifically chose a white donor and paid around £1,500 for his semen.
But the sperm bank mixed up the vials and instead of sending batch No 380, a confusion over handwriting led to the couple being sent batch No 330 which belonged to an African American.
When the mistake was discovered the sperm bank issued an apology and a partial refund.
Cramblett said it had caused stress to the family and in a lawsuit filed against the clinic said they feared their child would be ostracised in the small, all-white community of Uniontown that they live in.
But a county court judge has tossed out the lawsuit arguing that Cramblett's claim of 'wrongful birth' could not be held up in court as it is used for cases where medical negligence led to congenital or hereditary disorders not being identified.
Despite the lawsuit, Cramblett said she and her partner love Peyton dearly.
"I am happy that I have a healthy child. We love her more... to this day, she's made us the people that we are. Never trade it for the world," she said.
"But I'm not going to let them get away with not being held accountable."
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