A rogue fertility clinic, stolen eggs, and an unlikely friendship

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  This is The Guardian.

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  Today, an unlikely tale of friendship against the odds.

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  I knew that this was going to be an extremely moving story,

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  but what I hadn't realised was that in reporting... what was an appalling abuse of trust,

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  I would come away feeling so hopeful about humanity and hearing about the best of human nature and what happens when decent people trust in the goodness of each other.

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  This is Jenny Kleeman.

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  If you're a regular listener of Today in Focus, you will recognise her voice.

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  Now, I am a massive Jenny Kleeman fan.

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  If I see her name on an article, I will always read it.

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  And one of her specialisms is investigating the Wild West that is the fertility industry.

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  So this story came from another story that I wrote for The Guardian four years ago.

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  And this is what always happens when you write stories about fertility treatment.

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  You get sent more.

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  And somebody got in touch with me to say that he had been conceived with stolen sperm at a clinic in California,

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  in Orange County.

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  And he said,

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  but you might have heard of this clinic already

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  because there was a big scandal there because actually they were stealing eggs there too.

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  And I looked it up and it was an outrageous story.

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  But nobody had ever tracked down any of the children that were born.

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