An Ontario doctor once suspended for inseminating women with the wrong sperm at his fertility clinic is now accused of allegedly using his own biological material to impregnate certain patients who came to him for treatment.
An Ottawa family has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Dr. Bernard Norman Barwin, alleging he is the biological father of their 26-year-old daughter.
In a statement of claim, the family alleges Barwin falsely claimed to be using Daniel Dixon’s sperm to inseminate the man’s wife, Davina, in 1990 when the couple was trying to conceive a child.
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It claims the couple had a daughter, Rebecca, but DNA tests have conclusively shown that she is not Daniel Dixon’s biological child.
The statement of claim says Rebecca Dixon, who has filed the legal action along with her parents, has reason to believe she is also related to a Vancouver woman who has been proven to be Barwin’s biological daughter.
Barwin’s lawyer, Karen Hamway, said a statement of defence will be filed in the coming weeks and declined to offer any further comment. None of the allegations against Barwin have been proven in court.