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Rachael Ward

Legal 'nightmare' after woman births stranger's baby

IVF practices have been put under a microscope after a mix up raised concerns about the industry. (April Fonti/AAP PHOTOS)

An IVF mix up that led to a woman giving birth to a baby that is not genetically hers after she was impregnated with a stranger's embryo is a legal "nightmare".

That's the verdict from a medical negligence legal expert, who said there is no clear cut way to determine who the child's parents are and there are no other known cases of it happening in Australia.

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