June 29, 2004
SAVE THE BASTER FOR THANKSGIVING:
Woman inseminated with wrong sperm (news.com.au, June 30, 2004)
A JURY awarded $US435,000 ($622,273) to an American woman who was accidentally inseminated with unprepared sperm at a fertility clinic.
It's surprisingly easy to avoid this problem by having your husband inseminate you. Posted by Orrin Judd at June 29, 2004 7:02 PM
Or we could just dust off the old Mel Brooks' routine from "Young Frankenstein":
Woman: So who's sperm did I get?
Dr: I can't remember his name. Abbey something. Yes, that's is...Abbey Normal!
Well, aren't most children "accidents" anyhow? This just shows that technology can provide novel variations on that old theme.
Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 29, 2004 9:01 PM"Unwashed sperm". This is why conservatives have such a hard time competing on social issues. We are civilized enough to know when to throw up.
Posted by: Peter B at June 29, 2004 10:01 PM'Unprepared sperm' makes it sound like it was going to be served on toast points with bearnaise sauce or something. 'Sperm from the wrong donor' makes it a lot easier to understand - also makes it sound like the BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD episode "Sperm Bank", the plot of which you can probably deduce for yourself.
Posted by: John Barrett Jr. at June 29, 2004 10:59 PMHere's a whole list of fertility clinic follies.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=12705
Of course, this list doesn't include, Dr. Cecil Jacobson, the fertility doc who was inseminated something like 75 women with his own personal blend, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: H. D. Miller at June 30, 2004 2:24 PM