A Colorado-based jury has ordered a doctor who used his own sperm when treating a patient to pay $8.75m in damages, following a civil lawsuit.
Dr John Jones and the Women's Health Care of Western Colorado clinic were ordered to pay the money to Cheryl Emmons and her two daughters Maia Emmons-Boring and Tahnee Scott over several claims including medical negligence, lack of informed consent, fraud, and extreme conduct. Other former patients of the gynaecologist have also accused Dr Jones of using his own sperm to father 17 children this way, despite a lack of consent to do this.
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