The National Post has a good piece on some of the legal problems that currently exist in the realm of reproductive technologies. It’s mainly about the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act. While the intentions where good, some of the things that happen in real world show that it is still a far cry from a perfect solution (or even a good, acceptable one).
Examples?
[...] if an egg donor in Ontario dies without a will, do her genetic children inherit her estate? Can a sperm donor be ordered to pay child support?
Believe it or not – there is nothing in the law that answers these questions.
The piece goes in more detail and is a very interesting read, specially because Canada is not the only place where the people and the government haven’t yet reached a good way to regulate the area.
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