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A scandal involving a fertility doctor in Brussels who used students' sperm without consent has sparked 16 reports to the non-profit organization Donorkinderen. The doctor fathered donor children by misusing sperm and recruiting donors during lectures. A DNA database discovery exposed this unethical practice.
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