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Case reports: reactions in the lay media
 “How could such a thing happen in this era of medical advances and an explosion of genomic information about the causes and inheritance of disease, especially in the most medical advanced country in the world?” (Daily Mail, July 21th, 2011)
 “Four families are suing the clinic claiming it failed to properly screen the sperm” (Telegraph, April 5th, 2015)
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Central research questions
 Are the reproaches of negligence justified?
 Are fertility clinics and sperm banks under a moral obligation to perform comprehensive genetic
screening of their gamete donors? On which grounds?
 Are there any contraindications for comprehensive screening?
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