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Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by howard941 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @05:07PM (#19862947)
Clear common law battery against the mother. It should be actionable malpractice where brought by children born of this malfeasance because of the incest risks, but most (all?) states frown upon liability for negligent childbirth.
Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by Mirioron on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @06:47PM (#19863676)
So the children would be suing a parent for being born?
Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by howard941 on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @08:01PM (#19864136)
Fair question. It's unlikely to succeed (for one, wrongful birth causes of action are barred in a number of states, and the damages aren't apparent for a very long time) but there ought to be liability when one secretly fathers so many kids as to move the sibling-parentage foreseeability needle away from zero.

More likely to succeed are child support-kinds of actions and claims against the physician's estate by all of his unackd issue if he dies intestate or fails to call out and disclaim every one of them expressly in his will.

One thing is certain: This fact set has the makings of a really good bar exam essay question.

Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by ericb on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:46PM (#19864061)
That seems like a legal can of worms and a half to open up.