{"id":911,"date":"2016-11-08T22:47:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T22:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/?p=911"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:58:41","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T19:58:41","slug":"lawsuit-alleges-infertility-doctor-uses-own-sperm-to-inseminate-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surrogacy-lawyer.com\/zh\/lawsuit-alleges-infertility-doctor-uses-own-sperm-to-inseminate-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawsuit alleges infertility doctor uses own sperm to inseminate patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to CBC News<\/a>, a possible class-action lawsuit against former fertility doctor, Norman Barwin of Ottawa, Canada, alleges he impregnated two patients with his own sperm without their consent. This potential lawsuit comes on the heels of a similar lawsuit filed in Indianapolis. Donald Cline, a retired fertility doctor, faces felony obstruction of justice charges stemming from allegations of having used his own sperm on patients undergoing fertility treatments.\"norman-barwin\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The impetus for these Canadian legal proceedings against Barwin came after a family practitioner recommended that Daniel Dixon, who with his wife were former patients of Barwin, and his daughter, Rebecca, 26, undergo a blood test to confirm their genetic relation. The doctor found it peculiar that Rebecca had brown eyes when both of her parents had blue eyes.<\/p>\n

The blood test results showed Rebecca\u2019s father had type AB blood and she had type O positive, indicating that they were not biologically related.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember just this wave of shock going through my body,\u201d said Dixon in her interview. \u201cIt\u2019s not something that you ever would imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her DNA testing also revealed that she was nearly 60 percent Ashkenazi Jewish- \u00a0Barwin is of Jewish descent.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast month, according to the statement of claim, Dixon\u2019s DNA was compared to that of another woman, 25-year-old Kat Palmer, who had also been conceived at the Broadview Fertility Clinic. Palmer had been told by Barwin in an October 2015 email that he was her biological father,\u201d Pritchard cited.<\/p>\n

The DNA relationship test showed they were, \u201chalf-sisters by way of the same biological father.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attorney Peter Cronyn of Nelligan O\u2019Brien Payne, who filed the class-action, shared with CBC News that his team is requesting that Barwin freely provide a DNA sample.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would hope that he [Barwin] would. But if he doesn\u2019t, we\u2019ll look to the courts to get a sample,\u201d Cronyn told CBC News. \u201cI think in these circumstances, the air needs to be cleared for everybody who may have a concern about whether or not the DNA of their children is what they expected, and if indeed there\u2019s any connection to Dr. Barwin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope that Barwin cooperates so any other families who have been harmed can be notified and pursue justice if they so choose.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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