Donor lied about mental illness and criminal history, say US sperm bank clients
Three families are suing a US sperm bank and its Canadian distributor for allegedly misleading them about the health and criminal history of their sperm donor...
Associate professor, University of Surrey
Dr Antony Starza-Allen is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. He was previously Legal Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it. He obtained a PhD at at the University of Kent's Law School, where his research focused on new forms of actionable harm arising from mishaps in assisted conception, and where he taught Obligations. He is also a Member of Lincoln's Inn. He originally studied Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, went on to obtain an MA in Medical Law and Ethics at Queen Mary University of London, and completed the the Bar Professional Training Course at City University London's Law School. His BioNews article 'UK lags behind the rest of Europe in IVF' is reproduced in Reproductive Ethics (buy this book from Amazon UK). He has a particular interest in medical ethics, patents and socio-legal approaches to new medical technologies.
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