some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to News@lemmy.world · 9 months ago‘I slept with my half-sibling’: Woman’s horror story reflects loosely regulated nature of US fertility industrywww.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 months agoThis happened forty years ago, before DNA testing. I assume DNA screening would be a routine part of the artificial insemination procedure today?
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 months agoYou’d think so, but doctors keep getting caught using their own sperm after the families do their own testing.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·9 months agoIt’s not even illegal for doctors to just use their own sperm in most states. There’s no reason to spend money on a test that shouldn’t need to be ran.
This happened forty years ago, before DNA testing. I assume DNA screening would be a routine part of the artificial insemination procedure today?
You’d think so, but doctors keep getting caught using their own sperm after the families do their own testing.
It’s not even illegal for doctors to just use their own sperm in most states. There’s no reason to spend money on a test that shouldn’t need to be ran.