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Reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Alison Zimon in the embryology lab at Boston IVF
‘EXTREME VIOLATION’

Boston Fertility Doctor Sued for Using Own Sperm on Patient

Sarah Depoian went to Dr. Merle Berger and was told that she would receive sperm from “a medical resident who resembled her husband.”

Alex Nguyen

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PARENTAL ADVISORY

Fragile X Syndrome Sperm Donor Banned From Contacting Kids

James MacDougall, 37, advertised in a group for gay women seeking donors after a genetic condition prevented him donating through a regulated clinic.

Dan Ladden-Hall

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MIRACLE BABY

Baby Born 15 Months After Dead Olympian’s Sperm Is Harvested

The gold medalist died in a freak diving accident in July. That didn’t stop his widow from having his baby through posthumous IVF.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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CREEP

Why Is Kim K Endorsing the Doctor Who ‘Medically Raped’ Me?

Beverly Willhelm writes about her shock at seeing Dr. Phillip Milgram appear on “Keeping Up With the Kardashians”—the doctor who inseminated her with his sperm without her consent.

Beverly Willhelm

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CREEPY

Doc Loses License After Inseminating Women With Own Sperm

The 80-year-old doctor’s lawyers reportedly pleaded no contest to the allegations.

Julia Arciga

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MIRACLE

‘Virgin’ Anaconda Gives Birth at New England Aquarium

The immaculate conception is one of only two documented cases.

Audrey McNamara

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NATURAL RESOURCES

The Great Lesbian Sperm Crisis

Semen is one of the most abundant resources on the planet. So why are lesbian couples facing a donor shortage?

Samantha Allen

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LONGREADS

The Daily Beast's Best Longreads

From the culture of rape promoted by ISIS to the women left by their recently out husbands, this week's best in longform journalism.

William Boot

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KNOCKED UP

Have Sperm, Will Travel

Through the power of the Internet, ‘natural’ (read: via intercourse) sperm donors are connecting with women who want to get pregnant—without the sperm bank’s price tag.

Elizabeth Picciuto

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‘Generation Cryo’

MTV Vs. Sperm Donor Babies

<p>The MTV reality series <i>Generation Cyro</i>, premiering Monday, follows teenagers conceived via sperm donor searching for their half-siblings and donor parents. Marlow Stern spoke with several of the teens featured on the show, as well as the head of the Donor Sibling Registry (DSR), about life as donor children.<br> </p>

Marlow Stern

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Law & Order

The Sperm Donor Trap

After gifting his DNA via Craigslist, a Kansas man may be on the hook for $6,000 in child support. Fair?

Lizzie Crocker

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