A POPULAR fertility doctor in New York passed away in May 2023 at the age of 72.
His shocking death has caused many to wonder what happened.

Who was Dr. Morris Wortman?
Dr. Morris Wortman was a well-known OB-GYN in the Rochester, New York area.
He began his career in the 1970s after graduating from the University of Rochester School of Medicine.
For many years, Wortman served as the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Genesee Valley Group Health Association and later, in 1986, he opened his own practice, which became known as the first medical practice in the United States devoted to menstrual disorders, according to The Center for Menstrual Disorder.
Despite Wortman's success as a doctor, his reputation was tarnished after multiple allegations were made that he committed "fertility fraud."
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In the months leading up to his death, a number of people accused him of using his own sperm to inseminate women during fertility treatments in the 1980s, according to Democrat & Chronicle.
While several people might have come forward, the Democrat & Chronicle notes that lawmakers in New York have yet to approve statutes that would've allowed Wortman to face criminal or civil penalties.
"It feels like a sexual assault. The problem is, it doesn't meet the definitions of sexual assault or battery in a lot of ways and so there was no criminal violation because there was no law that covered this particular act," George Washington University Law School Professor Sonia Suter explained during an interview with ABC7.
What happened to Dr. Morris Wortman?
Wortman was traveling in a hand-built airplane when it suddenly fell apart mid-flight.
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Despite the pilot's best efforts, the plane ultimately crashed and killed Wortman.
The pilot, Earl Luce Jr., of Brockport, New York, also died, according to NBC News.
At this time, the crash is still being investigated, but the preliminary findings indicated that “the wings of the aircraft became detached from the fuselage and fell to the ground in an orchard."
More details are expected to be released in the coming days.
Was Dr. Morris Wortman married?
While Wortman might've been a high-profile doctor, he often kept details of his personal life out of the media.
Several online reports claim that he was married to a woman named Rebecca, but at this time, no information about her is available.
It is also not known how many biological children he has as a result of the fertility scheme.
However, at least two of them have come forward, revealing that they are half-siblings because of Wortman.
David Berry and Morgan Helquist discovered that they were victims of fertility fraud in 2022 after they took a DNA test.
"I got this message and it said, I think we're related," Helquist recalled during an interview with ABC7.
"I grabbed his face I just looked and I was like, 'Why is your face on my face?' Like, I just couldn't understand, it was the craziest experience I've ever had."
After taking the DNA test, the pair found even more half-siblings.

"Then there was five of us and we were all the same age. And six, and then seven, and it started to feel like, well, if there's seven, there might be 20 and if there's 20, there might be 100. And I started to feel terrified," Helquist continued.
Berry added: "I'm the product of something that should have never happened with an unconscionable violation of ethics at a minimum.
"He's someone I can't escape because his DNA is in me, his DNA is in my son. I wrestle with that. From the first time I held my son, that man was in the room with me."
ABC7 notes that both Berry's and Helquist's mothers said the disgraced doctor told them he was using sperm from an anonymous medical student.
While the news might've been shocking to Wortman's children, Helquist said that there was a silver lining.
"David and my siblings are, it's not even bittersweet, it's that they're the shining glue that holds me together during all of this," she said.
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