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DNA Test Reveals Fertility Doctor Used His Own Sperm to Impregnate Patient
- himom 9y agoSuffering for a quick buck. They’re both in different wrongs. One bait-and-switched their product with an unethical substitute and the other seeks to make money to defend their own ego. sarcasm Clearly, he raped her and he should be stoned to death. sarcasm
- dang 9y agoCould you please not post like this to Hacker News? We're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- stevenspasbo 9y agoI just heard a This American Life about something similar[1]. [1] https://www.thisamericanlife.org/289/go-ask-your-father/act-one-3 https://www.thisamericanlife.org/289/go-ask-your-father/act-...
- rasz 9y agoHow exactly did they get doctors DNA for comparison?
- wanda 9y agoPerhaps he also tried to check his ancestry, and thus his DNA was on file.
- jhbadger 9y agoYeah, but you'd think he'd realize that something like this would happen (assuming that this wasn't an isolated incident and like similar cases he'd been using his own sperm routinely).
- toomuchtodo 9y agoPeople who have committed crimes make mistakes all of the time.
- internetman55 9y agoWell, that is bizarre and somewhat horrific
- stevekemp 9y agoThere have been a lot of stories like this in the news over the past couple of years, for example: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9193014/British-man-fathered-600-children-at-own-fertility-clinic.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9193014/British-man-fathere... https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/13/health/fertility-doctor-impregnate-patients/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/13/health/fertility-doctor-i... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4504648/Head-Dutch-clinic-used-sperm-father-kids.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4504648/Head-Dutch-c... http://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/fertility-doctor-used-sperm-secretly-father-least-19-children/ http://www.rebelcircus.com/blog/fertility-doctor-used-sperm-... https://news.sky.com/story/dna-of-fertility-clinic-doctor-accused-of-using-his-own-sperm-can-be-tested-10902314 https://news.sky.com/story/dna-of-fertility-clinic-doctor-ac... Shocking how frequent this behaviour appears to be.
- londons_explore 9y agoA pretty smart evolutionary move on his part if you ask me. It's not like society can imprison or cull those children after the act.
- mariuolo 9y agoThat was in the 80s. These days one would think fertility doctors would know better than getting themselves on the hook for child support.