<p>The Farris Institute for Parenthood was once Philadelphia’s premiere clinic for artificial insemination. When it closed, it left an unknown number of babies who grew up wondering who their fathers really were. Maiken Scott, host of WHYY’s The Pulse, explains why there was so much secrecy around early fertility medicine — and why that’s changing.</p>

The Farris Institute for Parenthood was once Philadelphia’s premiere clinic for artificial insemination. When it closed, it left an unknown number of babies who grew up wondering who their fathers really were. Maiken Scott, host of WHYY’s The Pulse, explains why there was so much secrecy around early fertility medicine — and why that’s changing.

<p>The Farris Institute for Parenthood was once Philadelphia’s premiere clinic for artificial insemination. When it closed, it left an unknown number of babies who grew up wondering who their fathers really were.&nbsp;Maiken Scott, host of WHYY’s The Pulse, explains why there was so much secrecy around early fertility medicine — and why that’s changing.</p>

A Philadelphia fertility clinic’s secret

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