Lawsuit against fertility doctor accused of using own sperm expands to 150 people 'adversely affected'
Dr. Norman Barwin is the biological father of at least 11 children whose parents went to him for fertility treatment, according to lawyers who are working on a class-action lawsuit against the high-profile Ottawa fertility doctor. Lawyers Peter Cronyn and Frances Shapiro Munn, of Nelligan O’Brien Payne LLP, said Thursday they have been in contact with more than 150 people who have allegedly been “adversely affected” by Barwin’s fertility practice as far back as 1978. They include 11 people who, according to DNA testing, are the physician’s biological children, the lawyers said.
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