How Jan Karbaat became a famous fertility doctor. His former patients discuss how their longtime wish for a child made them close their eyes to often horrific insemination treatments
Once the news is out, the ‘Karbaat children’ share their conflicting feelings: on one side, a sense of recognition and belonging; on the other, a fear of inheriting malicious genetic traits.
Karbaat wasn’t the only one with a desire to procreate in abundance. Other cases of doctors using their own semen have come to light; it may be more prevalent than thought.
Miriam Guttmann
Director
