The Barwin Babies: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV756
Producer: CTV
Producing Agencies: CTV
Subject: Canadian Social Issues, Criminal Justice & Law, Current Events, Drama, Guidance, Health and Medicine, Medicine, Science, Social Issues
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary, Adult, Educators
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2018
Running Time: 36:00
Closed Captions: Yes
W5's Avery Haines speaks to two young women whose lifelong belief that they were only children was shattered by a bombshell discovery. Dozens of alleged victims have been linked to sperm donor 'mix-ups' associated with Norman Barwin. A class-action lawsuit has been launched.
In total, 50 people have now come forward to claim that they are a product of Dr. Barwin’s nightmarish “mix-ups.” There’s no telling how many more there may be, but the lawyers behind the class-action lawsuit are advising every single one of Dr. Barwin’s patients, over the last four decades, to get a DNA test to be certain of their genetic makeup.
Until his fall from grace, Dr. Norman Barwin was known in fertility circles as “The Baby God” — the man who worked magic to get his patients pregnant. A married father of four, he was a pillar of the Jewish and arts community in Ottawa, a philanthropist who was awarded the Order of Canada. He was born in South Africa and trained in Ireland.
Includes W5 Exclusive Interview:
Former Ottawa fertility doctor Norman Barwin speaks about the lawsuits launched against him. (15:00)
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