Malpractice Podcast

#2: Fertility Fraud aka. Medical Rape

Jessica Oswald & Sydnee Spruiell Eldridge Season 1 Episode 2

In our second episode (NOW WITH IMPROVED AUDIO), Jess covers the stories of several victims of fertility fraud (aka medical rape) by fertility specialist doctors, including a shocking example from our hometown.

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Sources for this episode:
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/texas-fertility-doctor-inseminated-patient-sperm-part-62813786

https://kiddiemom.com/i-asked-for-a-sperm-donor-instead-my-doctor-got-me-pregnant/

https://www.facebook.com/refinery29/videos/i-was-conceived-through-fertility-fraud/3650001855029620/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKnhfmYBytk

https://www.misskyra.com/lifestyle/many-doctors-used-their-own-sperm-in-artificial-insemination-procedures/articleshow/70784654.cms

https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/07/03/fighting-fertility-fraud-new-state-laws-go-after-misuse-of-sperm#:~:text=The%20Texas%20law%2C%20which%20defines,It%20will%20take%20effect%20Sept.

https://abovethelaw.com/2020/02/the-u-s-is-experiencing-an-explosion-of-fertility-fraud-legislation-and-thats-a-good-thing/

https://www.volusonclub.net/empowered-womens-health/how-patients-are-fighting-to-change-fertility-fraud-laws/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/21/health/sperm-donors-fraud-doctors.html

https://www.advisory.com/en/daily-briefing/2019/08/26/fertility-fraud

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3277768


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