몰래 의사가 계속 정자 제공. Fertility doc was ‘serial sperm donor’.

뉴욕 불임치료 전문 의사가 자신의 정자를 몰래 제공하여, 

최소한 9명의 이복 형제를 가진 여성이, 

이 의사를 상대로 소송을 제기하였다. 

 

의대생의 정자인 줄 알았는데, 암 발생 등의 유전적 위험이 있는 불임 치료 의사의 정자이었던 것이다. 

 

심정이 어떨지 상상이 안 된다. 

 

A prominent New York fertility specialist turned into a “serial sperm donor’’ — secretly fathering a daughter with an unsuspecting patient and giving the child at least nine half-siblings, a new lawsuit alleges.

Morgan Hellquist, 35, says in her upstate Morgan County lawsuit that she only confirmed she was the daughter of married 70-year-old Dr. Morris Wortman of Rochester in May, thanks partly to over-the-counter DNA testing.

The plaintiff explains in her suit that the man she grew up calling dad was unable to have kids after having been left a paraplegic at age 20 when a drunk driver crashed into his motorcycle.

Hellquist’s mom received sperm injections two to three times a month at Wortman’s clinics for $50 a pop, the suit says.

The mother was told the sperm was coming from “a University of Rochester Medical Center medical student who was willing to donate his live sperm to help [her and her husband] to conceive,’’ the papers state.

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Adding to the bad situation is the fact that Wortman, his mother and a brother have been treated for mental illness, the suit says. Ashkenazi descendants also carry a higher risk of certain medical conditions such as cancer, the papers say.

Hellquist is suing for unspecified damages.

 

https://nypost.com/2021/09/14/upstate-new-york-fertility-doc-was-serial-sperm-donor-lawsuit/

 

한국 기사: 

https://news.nate.com/view/20210916n02796