How Is Fertility Fraud Not Illegal Yet?
The rise in male infertility has led to more and more families seeking sperm donation and other fertility assistance in recent decades. Now, the widespread availability of at-home DNA testing is opening up a Pandora’s box of issues for unethical fertility doctors and the lives they’ve created.
Picture this: You’ve been waiting on the results of the 23-and-Me kit you got for your birthday, hoping to learn more about your genetic lineage. Maybe you’re excited to dig into your family’s history, or maybe you just want better info on whether you’re really lactose intolerant (or if it’s just Pizza Hut that makes you sick to your stomach). You go to check out your father’s heritage using the Ancestry.com feature, except you don’t recognize the man’s name who comes up as your biological father. His name is on your birth certificate, though: He signed it as your mother’s OB/GYN.