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posted by Fnord666 on Saturday June 03 2017, @05:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the SVU-did-it-first dept.

A Dutch court will allow DNA testing of the late Jan Karbaat's personal belongings. The fertility clinic doctor had been accused of fathering children with his own sperm:

A Dutch court has approved a request by families seeking DNA tests on the belongings of a late fertility clinic doctor accused of using his own sperm in dozens of cases. Jan Karbaat is suspected of fathering about 60 children at the centre he ran in Bijdorp, near Rotterdam. Tests will now be conducted on items seized from his home after his death in April, at the age of 89.

A lawyer for his family said there was no evidence to support the claims. Jan Karbaat called himself "a pioneer in the field of fertilisation".

Ethics! Also at DW.

"Related": IVF Error May Have Affected 26 Dutch Women (separate incident)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @05:38AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @05:38AM (#520112)

    The guy was a doctor.

    That is the type of person that women like getting sperm from.

  • (Score: 2) by meustrus on Monday June 05 2017, @03:52PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Monday June 05 2017, @03:52PM (#520803)

    Unless they are getting sperm from their husband, after failing to conceive naturally.

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