Regulating creation : the law, ethics, and policy of assisted human reproduction / edited by Trudo Lemmens, Andrew Flavelle Martin, Cheryl Milne, and Ian B. Lee.

Lemmens, Trudo, (author,, editor.). Martin, Andrew Flavelle, 1983- (editor.). Milne, Cheryl, 1962- (author,, editor.). Lee, Ian B., 1970- (author,, editor.).

Summary:

In 2004, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada. Fully in force by 2007, the act was intended to safeguard the health and safety of Canadians. However, a 2010 Supreme Court of Canada decision ruled that key parts of the act were invalid. Regulating Creation is a collection of essays built around the 2010 ruling. Featuring contributions by Canadian and international scholars, it offers a variety of perspectives on the role of law in dealing with the legal, ethical, and policy issues surrounding changing reproductive technologies. In addition to the in-depth analysis of the Canadian case the volume reflects on how other countries, particularly the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand regulate these same issues.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442646698
ISBN: 1442646691
ISBN: 9781442614574
ISBN: 1442614579
Physical Description: vii, 550 pages ; 23 cm
Publisher: Toronto ; University of Toronto Press, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part one. Background to the Reference re: Assisted Human Reproduction Act and constitutional law and federalism perspectives. A historical introduction to the Supreme Court's decision on the Assisted Human Reproduction Act / Bernard M. Dickens -- Licensing and the AHRA Reference / Ian B. Lee -- The federalism implications of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act Reference / Hoi L. Kong -- Federal and provincial jurisdictions with respect to health: struggles amid symbiosis / Glenn Rivard --

Part two: Family law and children's rights perspectives. Determining parentage in cases involving assisted reproduction: an urgent need for provincial legislative action / Carol Rogerson -- The right to know one's origins, the AHRA Reference, and Patten v. AGBC: a call for provincial legislative action / Michelle Giroux, Cheryl Milne -- A number but no name: is there a constitutional right to know one's sperm donor in Canadian law? / Vanessa Gruben -- The priority of the health and well-being of offspring: the challenge of Canadian provincial and territorial adoption disclosure law to anonymity in gamete and embryo provision ("donor" conception) / Juliet R. Guichon -- A time for change? The divergent approaches of Canada and New Zealand to donor conception and donor identification / Jeanne Snelling -- What adoption law suggests about donor anonymity policies: a UK perspective / Jennifer M. Speirs --

Part three: Commodification and commercialization of assisted human reproduction, access and funding of AHR, and the role of law. Assisted reproductive technology use among neighbours: commercialization concerns in Canada and the United States, in the global context / Lisa C. Ikemoto -- Fruitful diversity: revisiting the enforceability of gestational carriage contracts / Susan G. Drummond -- Listening to LGBTQ people on assisted human reproduction: access to reproductive material, services, and facilities / Stu Marvel, Lesley A. Tarasoff, Rachel Epstein, Datejie Green, Leah S. Steele, Lori E. Ross -- Regulatory failure: the case of the private-for-profit IVF sector / Colleen M. Flood, Bryan Thomas -- Great expectations: access to assisted reproductive services and reproductive rights / Sarah Hudson -- The commodification of gametes: why prohibiting untrammelled commercialization matters / Trudo Lemmens.