A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal considerations

Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by Mirioron on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @06:47PM (#19863668)

I don't think there's a crime called "impregnating a woman without consent". Not only that, he also had consent to impregnate her. The question is about where the sperm came from, but I think it's rather unclear that this would be any kind of legal violation.

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Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:09PM (#19863808)

How is using sperm a patient didn’t consent to not assault?

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Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by mises on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:26PM (#19863935)

I agree it's wrong, but assault usual implies a physical attack (or, more specifically, the threat thereof). I'm not sure this qualifies; it may be a situation where laws need tweaking to keep up with the times. Certainly malpractice, though.

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Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @07:54PM (#19864098)

The definition of sexual assault is not limited to physical battery alone.

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Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by anbop on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @08:19PM (#19864225)

It’s a physical attack, it’s literally inserting a baby into someone under conditions that were not consented to.

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Re:A Fertility Doctor Using His Own Sperm: Ethical and legal... by thatoneuser on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @08:26PM (#19864247)

Repeating that's it's assault doesn't just make it assault. How do you know what the conditions anyone signed were? Just gleaming an opinion from a headline?

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