Against Seminal Principles: Ethics, Hubris, and Lessons to Learn From Illicit Inseminations

Jody Madeira, Steven R. Lindheim, & Mark V. Sauer. "Against Seminal Principles: Ethics, Hubris, and Lessons to Learn From Illicit Inseminations." Fertility and Sterility 110(6) (2018): 1003-1005.

Posted: 29 Nov 2018

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Jody Lynee Madeira

Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington

Date Written: November 3, 2018

Abstract

This short essay addresses the ethical implications of illicit inseminations, instances of fertility fraud in which a physician uses his own gametes to impregnate a patient.

Keywords: fertility fraud, insemination fraud, Donald Cline, Norman Barwin, Gerald Mortimer, informed consent, infertility, desperation

Suggested Citation

Madeira, Jody Lynee, Against Seminal Principles: Ethics, Hubris, and Lessons to Learn From Illicit Inseminations (November 3, 2018). Jody Madeira, Steven R. Lindheim, & Mark V. Sauer. "Against Seminal Principles: Ethics, Hubris, and Lessons to Learn From Illicit Inseminations." Fertility and Sterility 110(6) (2018): 1003-1005., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3277778

Jody Lynee Madeira (Contact Author)

Indiana University Maurer School of Law-Bloomington ( email )

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Bloomington, IN 47405
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