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Case of the month

An appeals court in the US has ruled that a man who claims that his former lover deceived him by getting pregnant using semen obtained through oral sex can sue for emotional distress but not for theft. She says they had the baby through sexual intercourse. The man, a doctor who practices internal medicine, claimed her actions caused him nausea.

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