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Test tube infidelity

<Funny story from the news> A British man discovered his wife used her lover’s sperm to get pregnant at a Spanish clinic A court ruling from the case is now raising questions about fertility treatment procedures Six years after attending the birth of his son, and bringing him up as his own, a British man who shall be referred to as Mr X discovered that his ex-wife, Ms Y, had tricked him: the c***d was another man’s. It’s an old story, but with a new twist. The infidelity did not take place in a motel room, but inside a test tube. The story dates back to 2004, when the wealthy couple visited the prestigious Instituto Marqués in Barcelona, a clinic specializing in in-vitro fertilization. Mr X provided sperm, which was frozen, and the couple signed a number of documents agreeing to the process by which the sample would be used to fertilize a donated egg for implantation into Ms Y’s uterus. Four months later, Ms Y returned to the clinic with another man, her lover Mr P, who posed as Mr X and provided a new sperm sample. The clinic didn't bother to check his identity, and simply registered the new sample under Mr X's name. A few days later a fertilized egg was placed inside Ms Y’s uterus. Nine months later, in the fall of 2005, she gave birth to a boy, whom we’ll call Z. To protect the c***d’s privacy, the courts have ordered that the identity of all parties concerned be kept anonymous. While the court did not find the Barcelona clinic responsible, the case raises questions such ...

... as why it was so easy to replace Mr X’s sperm with that of Mr P. “The law is very vague, and clinics all follow their own procedures,” says Esther Farnós, an adjunct professor of law at Barcelona’s Pompeu Fabra University and a specialist in assisted reproduction and false paternity claims. “Just by asking people to identify themselves with their passport or identity card, these kinds of situations could be avoided,” she says. After talking to a number of clinics in Spain and the UK, it’s clear that there are no established procedures: “It can be embarrassing to ask people to identify themselves after you’ve seen them several times,” says one. “If people want to trick you they will,” says another. Some clinics take pictures of their clients, but sometimes people refuse to be photographed. All the centers consulted by EL PAÍS say they accept semen samples brought in by wives or partners. Some clinics simply accept the husband’s signed and written approval, while others insist that he sign in person when the sperm sample is handed over. “It’s very easy to forge a signature, so what are we supposed to do, use a handwriting expert?” asks Dr Marisa López-Teijón, head of assisted reproduction at Instituto Marqués. This doctor plays down the case of Mr X, listing all kinds of “unavoidable” fraud: wives who say they are single and get in-vitro fertilization, then tell their husbands that it happened naturally; husbands who use other men’s semen to get back at their wives; celebrities ...