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Thu 11 Nov 2006Doctor to pay for child in German contraceptive caseA court ruling which ordered a German gynaecologist to pay child support for botching a contraceptive implant was condemned yesterday by the German media as scandalous.The doctor, who fitted his former patient with a contraceptive device, has been ordered to pay €500 a month child support for the next 18 years.