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Why The Government Of Canada Won't Regulate Assisted Human Reproduction: A Modern Mystery, Jocelyn Downie, Dave Snow, Francoise Baylis
Why The Government Of Canada Won't Regulate Assisted Human Reproduction: A Modern Mystery, Jocelyn Downie, Dave Snow, Francoise Baylis
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The Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act), passed in 2004, prohibits both paying consideration to a surrogate mother and purchasing sperm and ova from a donor (sections 6-7). Both prohibitions are subject to section 12, which was intended to permit reimbursement of expenditures incurred by surrogate mothers and gamete donors and reimbursement for loss of work-related income for surrogate mothers. Remarkably, more than ten years after the AHR Act received Royal Assent, and in spite of repeated calls for greater legal clarity, Health Canada has not drafted regulations pursuant to section 12 of the AHR Act, which is not …