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Jennifer Cramblett is suing a fertility clinic, again, because of the “pain, suffering” and “emotional distress” attached to raising a non-white baby.
A few months in to her artificially inseminated pregnancy, Jennifer Cramblett discovered the sperm was donated by a black male instead of the blonde-haired, blue-eyed white man she and her same-sex partner requested. When she gave birth to “a beautiful, obviously mixed race, baby” in August, 2012, Cramblett sued for wrongful birth and breach of warranty. In September, 2015, the judge threw the case out because “wrongful birth” cases are meant to address when children are born with congenital or hereditary disorders, and not cases of babies being born a mixed-race.
The new suit, filed Friday in federal court, argues the fertility clinic should pay over $150,000 in damages for their negligence. It claims since a doctor miss-identified a donor number in a hand written note caused the mix-up, the clinic should pay Cramblett for the struggles of raising a mix-raced child.
“Jennifer was crying, confused and upset. All of the thought, care and planning that she and Amanda had undertaken to control their baby’s parentage had been rendered meaningless. In an instant, Jennifer’s excitement and anticipation of her pregnancy was replaced with anger, disappointment and fear,” the original suit claimed.
Now that her daughter is three years old, Cramblett believes damages from mothering a mixed race baby include the need to move out of “intolerant” Uniontown, Ohio, the stress of racially insensitive family members and the need for personal counseling for herself and the whole family given she “was raised around stereotypical attitudes” towards black people, Chicago Tribune reports.
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Another example of damages, listed in the original suit, is hair care. For “a decent cut” Cramblett drives to a black neighborhood which she believes is more stressful than what most mothers experience, and it makes her feel uncomfortable.
The fertility clinic responded to the original mistake by sending her an apology note and a refund. Cramblett claims she loves her daughter but the clinic needs to be held accountable. She is determined to see that no other family suffers the struggle of parenting an unexpected non-white baby.
