Doctors Impregnating Patients: Major Cases In 2023 Allege 'Fertility Fraud' Lead To 'Secret Children'
More than 50 fertility doctors in the U.S. have been accused of fraud related to using their own sperm to impregnate patients.
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More than 50 fertility doctors in the U.S. have been accused of fraud related to using their own sperm to impregnate patients.
An earlier legal action alleged that John Boyd Coates III used his own sperm to impregnate a woman, despite telling her that the donor was an unnamed medical student. A judgment has since been entered in that case against the now-retired doctor for $2.2 million.
In an earlier case, Judge William K. Sessions III ruled last summer that now-retired Dr. John Boyd Coates III must pay $2.2 million to a woman who accused him of using his own sperm to impregnate her under false pretenses. Lawyers in that case say they are still working to collect.
Gaps in laws around fertility fraud and the doctors that perform the services have been highlighted in some recent documentaries and settlements.
Gaps in laws around fertility fraud and the doctors that perform the services have been highlighted in some recent documentaries and settlements.