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Deceased Dutch Fertility Clinic Doctor's Belongings to be DNA Tested

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

takyon writes:

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, @11:06PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 04 2017, @11:06PM (#520423)

    He can still bang them right? That wouldn't be counted against him.

  • (Score: 2) by FakeBeldin on Monday June 05 2017, @08:44AM

    by FakeBeldin (3360) on Monday June 05 2017, @08:44AM (#520633) Journal

    Though news reports are light on details, as far as I can tell the 19 kids were all conceived IVF - so without banging, and unclear whose sperm was used. From the Guardian's article:

    Last month, a test using DNA from one of Karbaat’s known children reportedly showed that the doctor could be the father of 19 children, born through IVF procedures.

    It is unclear whether the 19 are among the 23 people involved in the court case.

    Another round of tests also showed that three of the 19 had been born after IVF treatment at a second fertility clinic in Rotterdam where Karbaat was the medical director for 15 years, the daily AD newspaper reported.