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A Fertility Doctor Secretly Impregnated 94 Women
The chilling story of Dr. Cline and the aftermath of his actions.
My girlfriend and I got into a debate over who is worse, Dr. Cline or Dr. Larry Nassar.
It’s that bad.
Ranking evil helped us get a grip on the amorality of a situation. We decided that Dr. Cline “won” because his actions had so many orders of impact. There was a level of trauma that was hard to even define.
It’s like something out of a Nazi fantasy.
Here’s what happened
Jacoba Ballard grew up thinking it was bizarre that she had blonde hair and bright blue eyes despite being in a family of dark-haired relatives. She later learned she was the product of a sperm donor.
She did a DNA test on 23AndMe, only to realize she had seven half-siblings she didn’t know about.
It didn’t make sense.
A fertility doctor, Dr. Cline, had promised her parents each donor was only used three times. This reduced the risk…