Indonesia official in hot water over ‘pool pregnancy’ warning
A member of Indonesia’s child protection commission may be sanctioned for saying women could get pregnant by swimming in a pool where a man with ‘strong sperm’ had ejaculated. She has since retracted her remarks. – EPA pic, February 27, 2020.
AN Indonesian official is facing possible sanctions after she warned women that they could get pregnant by swimming in a pool where a man with “strong sperm” had ejaculated. Sitti Hikmawatty, a child protection commission member, drew controversy and online ridicule over her unscientific comments to a major media outlet last week.
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