Fertility doctor Norman Barwin faces class action suit for ‘using his own sperm to impregnate patients’
Families take legal action, claiming Doctor Norman Barwin inseminated his clients without their knowledge or consent
AN EX-FERTILITY doctor is facing allegations he used his own sperm to impregnate at least two women.
According to a statement of claim, Dr Norman Barwin, of Ontario, Canada, allegedly inseminated his clients with his own sperm without the women’s knowledge or consent.
Parents Daniel and Davina Dixon filed a civil lawsuit against Dr Barwin this year after learning their daughter Rebecca, 25, is not Mr Dixon’s biological daughter.
The family is now seeking punitive and other damages against the doctor.
The court document reads: "From the time of Rebecca's birth and into her childhood, teenage, and young adult years, Rebecca, Daniel, and Davina believed that Rebecca was Daniel's biological daughter.”
Mr and Mrs Dixon began to suspect something was amiss when their daughter saw a Facebook post explaining it was unusual for two parents with blue eyes to give birth to a brown-eyed child.
A blood and DNA test soon confirmed that Mr Dixon was not Ms Dixon’s biological father.
In an interview with CBC News, Mrs Dixon recalled the moment of truth: "I remember just this wave of shock going through my body.
“"It's not something that you ever would imagine."
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After looking into Dr Barwin’s history, they discovered he had been sanctioned in 2013 after incorrectly inseminating patients.
He resigned from the Order of Canada in 2014.
It was around this point in time they also noticed their daughter "Rebecca bore an uncanny physical resemblance to Dr Barwin.”
Ms Dixon’s DNA was last month connected to Kathryn Palmer, 25, who discovered the fertility doctor was her biological father in 2015.
Ms Palmer’s parents were also Dr Barwin’s clients.
The statement of claim found the pair to be “half-sisters by way of the same biological father.”
The allegations against Dr Barwin are yet to be proven in court.
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