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The fertility doctor’s secret children - Donald Cline used his own sperm to inseminate over fifty of his patients without their knowledge

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    Open_Thinker
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    This isn't really a new story, but what the fertility doctor did was incredibly unethical. Also somewhat stupid, for not foreseeing genetic testing coming along, although perhaps he may not care.

    This isn't really a new story, but what the fertility doctor did was incredibly unethical. Also somewhat stupid, for not foreseeing genetic testing coming along, although perhaps he may not care.

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    1. Deimos
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      Yeah, there are a few other ones that have even more children. For example, Bertold Wiesner supposedly has about 600. The article also includes:

      Yeah, there are a few other ones that have even more children. For example, Bertold Wiesner supposedly has about 600.

      The article also includes:

      In 1987, a national survey of fertility doctors found that 2 percent had used their own sperm in patients. On one hand, it was clearly not the norm. On the other, it couldn’t have been so beyond the pale if it was presented as an option in a multiple-choice survey. The survey did not ask, however, whether the patients in those cases were aware that their doctor was also their sperm donor.

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