Doctor Donor Fertility Fraud
by Kudrat Wadhwa from The Verge - All Posts on (#60BE3)
When Arianna Huhn experienced complications with her first pregnancy, she signed up for a clinical trial, one that required her to submit family DNA samples for research. Her parents, Gail and George Fogelman, agreed. But shortly after, they asked her to jump on a call with them, alone, without her husband.
On the phone, Huhn noticed that her dad was choked up and unable to speak. Her mother took the lead. There's something that we have been hiding from you," she said. Your dad is not your genetic father."
In the late 70s, Huhn's parents had experienced issues when they were trying to conceive. So they opted for artificial insemination, as suggested by their gynecologist and fertility doctor. Dr. Benjamin Fiorica told them that...