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Does sperm count?From: RModugno@aol.comMon Jul 19 12:24:54 2004
A Connecticut woman who was inseminated with the wrong sperm by a fertility doctor filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the doctor to receive the donor's medical history, the AP/Washington Times reports. Laura Howard filed a negligence claim against Dr. Anthony Santomauro for inseminating her with another man's sperm when she went to the clinic to be inseminated with her fiance's. According to Howard, Santomauro wrote her a prescription for emergency contraception -- which can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse or insemination -- but she "refused to take it," the AP/Times reports. After Howard learned she was pregnant on June 1, she says that Santomauro "encouraged" her to get an abortion, according to the AP/Times. However, Howard decided to carry the pregnancy to term (AP/Washington Times, 7/16). Howard says she hopes her lawsuit will force Santomauro to provide her with the biological father's medical history, according to the National Post. To date, the Infertility Institute -- the clinic where the procedure was performed -- has refused to turn over any information on the donor to Howard's lawyer. Howard says that she "fears" that both she and the fetus could be infected with HIV or another disease, or that the fetus will inherit a "serious genetic condition" from the biological father, according to the Post (Vallis, National Post, 7/16). A Connecticut woman who was inseminated with the wrong sperm by a fertility doctor filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the doctor to receive the donor's medical history, the AP/Washington Times reports. Laura Howard filed a negligence claim against Dr. Anthony Santomauro for inseminating her with another man's sperm when she went to the clinic to be inseminated with her fiance's. According to Howard, Santomauro wrote her a prescription for emergency contraception -- which can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of unprotected sexual intercourse or insemination -- but she "refused to take it," the AP/Times reports. After Howard learned she was pregnant on June 1, she says that Santomauro "encouraged" her to get an abortion, according to the AP/Times. However, Howard decided to carry the pregnancy to term (AP/Washington Times, 7/16). Howard says she hopes her lawsuit will force Santomauro to provide her with the biological father's medical history, according to the National Post. To date, the Infertility Institute -- the clinic where the procedure was performed -- has refused to turn over any information on the donor to Howard's lawyer. Howard says that she "fears" that both she and the fetus could be infected with HIV or another disease, or that the fetus will inherit a "serious genetic condition" from the biological father, according to the Post (Vallis, National Post, 7/16). Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG Marietta, GA http://www.novaobgyn.yourmd.com
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