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Seeds of Deceit tells the story of how the late Dr. Karbaat clandestinely used his own semen to inseminate over 65 of his patients. A 3-part series from The Passionate Eye.
Jan Karbaat was a renowned fertility doctor in the Netherlands in the ‘80s, ‘90s and ‘00s. Decades later, a disturbing story emerged: he’d secretly used his own semen to impregnate at least 65 women.
Seeds of Deceit tells the story of how the late Dr. Karbaat clandestinely used his own semen to inseminate over 65 of his patients. A 3-part series from The Passionate Eye.
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.