2
University Daily Kansan / Thursday, March 5, 1992
Infertility physician found guilty of fraud
Man used his sperm to impregnate patients
The Associated Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal jury yesterday convicted infertility doctor Cecil Jacobson on 52 counts of fraud and perjury in a case in which the prosecution alleged that Jacobson may have fathered as many as 75 children through artificial insemination.
Jacobson, 55, appeared to show no emotion when the verdict was announced after four days of deliberations. Hefaacs up to 280 years in prison and $300,000 in fines when he is sentenced May 8.
Jacobson, who is credited with introducing amniocentesis in the United States to diagnose defects in unborn babies, was charged with defrauding patients by artificial inseminating them with his own sperm while claiming to use other donors. He also was charged with tricking patients into believing they were pregnant when they were not.
"Ispent my life trying to help women have children," Jacobson said after the verdict. "It's a shock to be found guilty of trying to help people. I certainly did not willfully or intentionally harm anyone. I did not break any law."
But jury foreman Daniel Richard said outside the courtroom that he was convinced that Jacobson lied to his patients. Jacobson admitted on the witness stand he knew the hormone
treatments he gave patients would remain in their bodies until after their pregnancy tests, Richard said.
"We knew he was lying to those patients," Richard said.
Juror Deborah Earman said that jurors were baffled by the size and complexity of the case but that the evidence against Jacobson was overwhelming.
"I think that he was a good man," Earlman said after the verdict. "It was obvious that he went wrong somewhere and mistreated a lot of women."
Jacobson agreed to stop practicing medicine in 1988 after the Virginia state Board of Medicine found enough evidence to revoke his license. He conducts privately funded genetics research in Provo, Utah.
Jacobson admitted on the witness stand that he occasionally used his own sperm for artificial insemination when other donors were not available. He said that he did not know how many children he had fathered, and his lawyer said that it was not illegal in any case.
Eleven women and men testified under anonymity that Jacobson promised to match the physical characteristics and even religion of patients' husbands, and that he promised that the donor would never know who they were.
ON CAMPUS
The Office of Study Abroad is accepting applications from students who want to take Spanish 212 and 216 on the KU summer program in Guadalajara, Mexico. For details, contact the Office of Study Abroad at 203 Lippincott Hall.
OAKS - Non-Traditional Students Organization will have a lunchmeeting at 11:30 a.m. today at Alceve in the Kansas Union.
- The Canterbury House will celebrate Holy Eucharist at noon today at the Danforth Chapel.
The Society of East Asian Studies will sponsor a tour of the Japanese Prints Exhibit at 2 p.m. today at the Spencer Museum of Art.
The Department of Geography Colloquium will be at 3:30 p.m. today at 412 Lindley Hall. Dr. Robert Nunley will speak on "Geodemographics: You Are What Your Neighbors Eat."
The KU American Civil Liberties Union will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Kansas Union.
The Native American Student
The InterVarsity Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
Organization will meet at 6 p.m. today
at Alcove F in the Kansas Union.
The Women's Concerns Committee of Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
Ps1 Chi will meet at 7tonight at 547 Fraser Hall.
GLSOK will meetat 7:30tonight at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
KU Libertarians will meet at 8 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union.
- Poets Alive will meet at 7:30 tonight at Alcove G in the Kansas Union.
A KU student was sexually battered at 7:25 p.m. Monday in the northeast corner of Murphy Hall. An unidentified man grabbed her arm and made sexually explicit remarks to her, KU police reported.
Kansas Union.
The KU Fencing Club will meet at
8:30 tonight at 130 Robinson Center.
Friends of KU Poetry Collection will sponsor a poetry reading at 8:15 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
ON THE RECORD
Because of a reporter's error, State Rep. John Solbach of Lawrence was misidentified in Tuesday's Kansan. He is a Democrat.
CORRECTIONS
Jayhawk Bookstore
'at the top of Nantucket Hall'
IBS Britt Bus. #832 3926
JBS Briti-Bus • 843-3826
SEE THE CLASSIFIEDS
914 Massachusetts 841-6966
Dr. Robert E. Nunley
GEOGRAPHY COLLOQUIUM
"Geodemographics:You are what your neighbors eat"
Thursday, March 5, 1992
3:30 p.m; 412 Lindley Hall
London $249*
Amsterdam $315*
Paris $315*
Madrid $365*
Geneva $399*
Fares are each way from Kansas City based on a courtroom package. Tickets are included and restraints
The University Daily Kansan (USPS 650-640) is published at the University of Kansas, 119 Staircase-Flint Hall, Lawrence, Kan. 6604, dailies during the regular school year, excluding Saturday, Sunday, holidays and finals periods, and Wednesday during the summer session. Second-class postage is paid in Lawrence, Kan. 66044 Annual subscriptions by mail are $60. Student subscriptions are paid through the student activity fee.
**Postmaster:** Send address changes to the University Daily Kansan, 119 Stauffer-Finl Hall, Lawrence, KC6045
YOU DON'T NEED A COUPON!
Legal Services Available Free With Valid KU ID
Legal Services for Students
$2.00 Discount on Green Fees
Alvamar Orchards Golf Course
OPEN YEAR ROUND/NO TEE TIMES REQUIRED
3000 W.15th 843-7456
For KU Students
Mondays Thru Fridays
Now until March 31, 1992
Most Discount Student ID. For Discount
We are the Manufacturer's outlet store!
Futon & Frame
*It's a Futon! (twin size)
The 36th Annual
The 36th Annual SNYDER
First Prize $200
Second Prize $100
BOOK COLLECTING CONTEST
Closing Date: March 20, 1992
Organized by the University of Kansas Libraries under the sponsorship of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Snyder and the Oread Bookshop.
Prospective entrants are encouraged to discuss their collections before the closing date with:
Rebecca Schulte
Kansas Collection
Special Collections Spencer Library 864-4334
Spencer Library 8644274
Richard W. Clement
864-4274
Spencer Library
864-4334
Gacle Gillespie Serials Department Watson Library 864-3535
WEATHER
Forecast by Jim Dadley, KU Weather Service: 864-3300
Wake Up To CEDARWOOD APTS
Now Leasing
Summer & Fall
Newly Redecorated Units
Air conditioning & Pool
Close to Mall
1 Block from KU Bus route
Studios
1 & 2 Bedroom Apts
Duplexes (3 & 4 Bedroom)
call Pat today 843-1116
2411 Cedarwood Ave.
841-8002
N. of 15th
841-800z
832Iowa
S. of 15th
841-7900
Shuttle Buster #1
Two-10" Pizzas
Two-10 Pizzas Each w/ cheese and one topping,for just.
Hours:
$5.99
Mon.-Thurs. 4p.m.-1a.m
Extra toppings 47£ per topping,per pizza Limited Time Offer
Fri.-Sat. 11a.m.-2a.m.
Sun. 11a.m.-1 a.m.