Dr Merle Berger lawsuit has been a topic of interest for netizens. A former patient of a well-known fertility specialist in the Boston region is suing the doctor on a federal level.
They are claiming that decades ago, during an artificial insemination treatment, he covertly impregnated her with his sperm.
Sarah Depoian, a resident of Maine, stated in a lawsuit submitted on Wednesday to a federal court in Boston that she and her spouse sought assistance from Dr. Merle Berger, the now-retired co-founder of Boston IVF, in 1980 to become pregnant.
“Promised to perform an insemination using the sperm of a medical resident who resembled husband, who did not know her, and whom she did not know,” the lawsuit claims that Berger made.
Instead, Depoian’s attorney said during a press conference on Wednesday that the doctor had covertly replaced the sperm with his own.
Adam Wolf, a partner at Peiffer Wolf, stated, “He did so against her wishes and without her consent.”
This horrifying conduct is referred to as medical rape by some. Whatever you choose to label it, Dr. Berger’s egregious and deliberate misbehavior is illegal, unethical, and intolerable.
