Dutch doctor 'fathered 49 children' in IVF scandal

The Dutch doctor, now deceased, allegedly used his own sperm instead of those from a donor to inseminate patients.

A Dutch doctor at the centre of an IVF scandal fathered at least 49 children, an organisation representing parents and children born through his now-closed clinic said Friday.

Jan Karbaat, who died in 2017, is the father of 49 children born after women visited his Rotterdam clinic where he used his own sperm instead of sperm from a chosen donor to inseminate them, Defence for Children said.