A special webinar sponsored by the Institute of Practical Ethics and the Biomedical Ethics Seminar Series.

When scores of aspiring parents turned to the fertility industry to start families, they chose a remarkable young man to be the biological father of their children. He was a music prodigy and gifted athlete who had a genius IQ, movie star looks, and perfect health. Except it was all a lie. 

Law professor and bioethicist Dov Fox examines the case of “Donor 9623,” about the complex forces and competing agendas behind the biggest reproductive hoax of our time. His talk traverses the landscape of “Birth Rights and Wrongs” carved out in his 2019 book, and tackles the hardest questions raised by his Audible Original, named the #1 podcast of 2020: How can parents complain about the very misconduct that gave them the child they love? And what’s okay to want in a kid, when you’re in a position to try and choose? When does it cross a line from just wanting what’s best, to designing a baby to suit your tastes?