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    MaryBeth Lewis’s desire to be a new mom again,
    at 65 years old, led to a custody battle like no other.

    MaryBeth was 25 when she married a pilot named Bob Lewis.
    The couple had five daughters. In her late 40s, she used 
    in vitro fertilization to give birth to twin girls. 
    she kept going, and going, eventually giving birth to 
    her 13th child at the remarkable age of 62.

    to bring this last set of twins into the world, 
    MaryBeth ... she tricked an I.V.F. clinic, a judge 
    and even her own husband. 
The last birth was surrogate-birthed twins and they were taken away in the hospital.

The story is really complex and I haven't unpacked it all. I can't suss the harm done from the charges because the charges are stacked (hinting at an overzealous prosecutor) and at a quick glance, some of the laws seem technical or regulatory.


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