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India state plans to ban Baby Gender Mentor and other early prenatal gender tests
Sunday, July 02, 2006 10:54 PM
I guess no one can accuse India's government of reacting too swiftly. When the Baby Gender Mentor was released, many were alarmed about how the early baby gender test might be misused in India. Today, over a year later and after the product has already been withdrawn from the market altogether, the Indian government announced that it may be banned. Worldwide...
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Congressman urges FDA to investigate Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor, and to regulate similar baby gender tests
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 9:16 AM
After viewing an ABC report about Baby Gender Mentor 's problems and lack of oversight for the test, Florida Congressman Jim Davis has urged the FDA to investigate Acu-Gen and to regulate similar baby gender tests, and the Florida Attorney General has opened an investigation against Acu-Gen. Initially the issue that particularly concerns us is this unfair trade...
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Baby Gender Mentor retracts 200% money back guarantee, and PregnancyStore suspends sales of the gender test
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:12 AM
Baby Gender Mentor, the at-home DNA test claiming to reveal an unborn baby's gender as early as 5 weeks of pregnancy, convinced many customers that their claims of near-perfect accuracy were real by offering a 200% money back guarantee if your result was incorrect. "How can I go wrong?" many mothers asked. The test's maker, Acu-Gen BioLabs, has now retracted...
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TONIGHT on CNN's Paula Zahn: Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor
Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:45 AM
Leila's lovely daughter Malia A segment about Baby Gender Mentor airs tonight on CNN's Paula Zahn Now (8 eastern, 7 central). "The maker of the product says the problem is with THEIR babies, not HIS test," says the teaser. The story features three of our own members, Leila (leilawill), Melissa (melissa30), and Raylene (realtormom).
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ABC News airs follow-up to Baby Gender Mentor controversy
Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:41 AM
Tampa's ABC News affiliate reveals that no government agency regulates sales of gender tests like the Baby Gender Mentor. The FDA does not require oversight of the test because it's a "home brew" -- a test sold as a service. Women are saying, "Wow, that's really neat, I'm going to get that!" And every time that they sell a test, that woman is potentially putting...
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ABC News asks if Baby Gender Mentor is "inaccurate, or worse?"
Monday, February 20, 2006 10:56 AM
Erin Rivera bought the Baby Gender Mentor to find out her baby's unborn gender at just 10 weeks of pregnancy. She thought it would be fun to surprise her husband, stationed in Afghanistan, with their baby's sex much earlier than possible by ultrasound. "Congratulations, it's a boy!" was the result from Baby Gender Mentor. But Erin's "fun" turned into fear when...
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Class action lawsuit against Acu-Gen's Baby Gender Mentor is investigated
Saturday, February 18, 2006 12:04 AM
A New Jersey law firm is investigating claims from customers dissatisfied with Baby Gender Mentor. The investigation is detailed at www.babygenderinvestigation.com . According to the Web site, allegations being investigated include: Baby Gender Mentor's 99.9% accuracy claim is disputed. No data has been provided by the company to support this claim. The 200%...
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Does your unborn baby's heart rate predict gender? An old wives' tale debunked (again)
Saturday, January 07, 2006 10:29 AM
A new medical study confirms, yet again, that fetal heart rate can't tell a pregnant woman if her baby is a boy or a girl. As the old wives' tale has it, if your unborn baby's heart rate is higher, above 140 beats per minute, that means you're carrying a girl. A lower heart rate below 140 bpm means you're having a boy. It's hard to resist such an easy test, because...
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Acu-Gen balks at giving refunds for birth certificates showing Baby Gender Mentor was wrong
Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:38 PM
Dozens of mothers who have complained that their Baby Gender Mentor results are incorrect according to ultrasound, CVS or amnio have been told by Acu-Gen's C.N. Wang to "reserve judgment" until the baby is born. Sherry Bonelli, online retailer of the Baby Gender Mentor prenatal gender test, maintains that Acu-Gen "stands behind" their 200% money back guarantee...
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Acu-Gen reports chromosomal abnormalities to pregnant mothers who paid for gender test
Monday, October 31, 2005 10:22 AM
Some mothers who paid for the Baby Gender Mentor at-home blood test, which claims to detect an unborn baby's gender just 5 weeks into pregnancy, have gotten a lot more than they bargained for. Pregnant mom Erin Rivera just thought it would be fun to tell her husband, who is stationed in Afghanistan, the gender of their third child. Instead of "fun", Erin got...
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Baby Gender Mentor now for sale in Europe
Saturday, October 22, 2005 10:29 PM
Scotland's colorful newspaper The Sunday Mail reports that Acu-Gen is now "targeting Scotland" with sales of Baby Gender Mentor, an at-home fetal sex test kit. Previously, numerous news articles about Baby Gender Mentor raised concerns about the test being used for sex selective abortions in countries with a strong preference for boys, such as India and China...
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Doctors are skeptical about Baby Gender Mentor, says Newsweek
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 8:39 AM
Doctors are skeptical about the claims of Baby Gender Mentor to predict a baby's gender just 5 weeks into pregnancy with 99.9% accuracy, because no evidence has been presented by the company to back up the claim. When asked about the details of the 14-year Acu-Gen trial that predicted the gender of 20,000 babies with 99.9% accuracy, Acu-Gen's president responded...
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St. Louis newspaper reports Baby Gender Mentor investigation by Illinois law enforcement
Thursday, October 13, 2005 3:31 PM
An investigation into the sales of Baby Gender Mentor, an at-home DNA test to reveal an unborn baby's gender, is in the preliminary stage, according to the Illinois attorney general. The attorney general's office has not received complaints about the test, although complaints have been filed with the FTC. Sherry Bonelli, Baby Gender Mentor's retailer, states...
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State attorney general investigates Baby Gender Mentor retailer for consumer fraud
Monday, October 10, 2005 7:44 AM
The Illinois state attorney general has opened an investigation into sales of the Baby Gender Mentor prenatal DNA gender test by PregnancyStore.com. Our office will be trying to gather information about the role of the company in the sale of the product and also whether or not there have been any consumer fraud laws broken. Illinois attorney general spokesperson...
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Attorneys investigate potential case against Acu-Gen
Monday, October 03, 2005 11:01 PM
If you're unhappy with your experience with the Acu-Gen Baby Gender Mentor, a law firm in Portland, Oregon is ready to profit from your misfortune. However, purchasers of Baby Gender Mentor agree to this statement when buying: You must understand and agree that any liability of Acu-Gen Biolab Inc. and its counselors shall be limited to the purchase price of this...
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