United States: A woman denounces her doctor for having fertilized her with her own semen

Woman from New Jersey This Tuesday, he filed a complaint for a “medical offense” against his gynecologist who treated him 38 years ago Pollination In which he allegedly used his own semen, in place of an anonymous donor, a situation that the applicant’s daughter recently discovered through DNA test.

“I am so angry that someone raped me in this way,” prosecutor Bianca Voss, 75, asked at a news conference on Tuesday. “How can I choose a doctor that is criminal and immoral?”

“All this turned my life and that of my family upside down,” Voss added. “I fear that the damage they cause and the emotional scars they cause will have a lasting effect,” adding that “this kind of abuse is terrible.”

In appearance, the woman said she decided in the early 1980s that she wanted to be a mother. He became his partner at that time Vasectomy, So he went to a specialist in Fertilization Who had an office in the wealthy Upper East Side of Manhattan.

Doctor Martin Greenberg requested $ 100 to obtain a semen sample from an anonymous donor. Then, on her second medical visit, a fertilization technique was performed which, 9 months later, resulted in the birth of her daughter Roberta.

DNA test

After nearly 4 decades, Roberta decided to enlist the services of “23 and Me,” one of the companies that provides analysis ADN By mailing a small sample of saliva, which reveals a genealogical map in which it is possible to find out the area of ​​origin of the ancestors.

But in Roberta’s case, the test yielded more information, as Dr. Greenberg had also used the company’s test, so her genetic profile was part of their database.

“Initially, I bought the ’23 and Me’ set because I wanted to know more about me and my family. There, in writing, was identified with Dr. Greenberg, who appears to have also used“ 23 and Me, ”like my father, explained Roberta Voss, who confirmed that he Once I saw the doctor’s picture in Social media I realized an important physical resemblance to him.

Roberta, who also indicated that she is upset at the notion that her “medical rapist” is “it’s horrible to look in the mirror and see the person who raped my mother. I see her face every time I look at myself.” The father and the “great deception” he was born for.

The complaint was filed in the courts of the Southern District New York, The latest in a series of “fertility fraud” cases run by the US law firm Beaver Wolfe Car Ken & Conway, which considers there is an “epidemic” of this type of case.

Unfortunately, the Voss family case is one of thousands of cases that have occurred in it United StateAttorney Joe Beaver, representing the complainant, explained that at the present time it was not known if this was the only time that Greenberg had committed this type of fraud.

For her part, Bianca Voss indicated that she hopes with her complaint to help prevent these types of conditions from happening again.

EFE

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