Some Las Vegas fertility patients say their worst nightmare came without warning: an abrupt email saying their frozen embryos were headed to California, followed by a visit to their clinic where they found the doors locked. The people affected had stored embryos and other reproductive material for years at Nevada Fertility Institute. Now, with a landlord’s notice taped to the office door and talk of an out-of-state transfer, many are asking who is actually responsible for safeguarding what they see as their future families, as reported by KTNV.
According to KTNV, several patients received an email alerting them that their embryos would be moved to California. When some went in person to demand answers, they instead found a notice from the landlord stating the business was more than $159,000 behind on rent. Patients told the station they were “confused and shocked” that a place they had trusted for years had suddenly changed course.
The station’s on-site reporting shows patients arriving at the clinic seeking clarification, only to encounter limited information. One staff member told the reporter, “We’re not going to be doing long-term storage on site anymore,” and said the receiving clinic, not individual patients, would schedule the transport of specimens, according to KTNV…