A fertility doctor and former Harvard Medical School professor, Dr. Merle Berger, has been accused by one of his agelong patients, Sarah Depoian, 73, of using his sperm to impregnate her without consent.
Depoian said she and her husband first went to see the fertility doctor in 1979 to discuss intrauterine insemination, adding that Berger told her the sperm would come from an anonymous donor “who resembled her husband, who did not know her, and whom she did not know.”
The process, according to a lawsuit reported by newsmen on Thursday, noted that Depoian said a home DNA test suggested otherwise.
The female patient lamented that Berger had betrayed the trust she and her husband had in him, saying, “We fully trusted Dr. Berger. It’s hard to imagine not trusting your own doctor.”| Punch
“We never dreamt he would abuse his position of trust and perpetrate this extreme violation. I am struggling to process it,” Depoian added.
The report had it that Berger is the founder of one of the largest fertility clinics, in Boston, United States.
Intrauterine insemination is an artificial procedure used to treat infertility issues by increasing a woman’s chances of getting pregnant.
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