The Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act: Protecting Women’s Health While Potentially Allowing Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer into Non-Human Oocytes

The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 71, 2007

3 Pages Posted: 18 Feb 2010

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Roxanne Mykitiuk

Osgoode Hall Law School

Jeff Nisker

University of Western Ontario - Applied Mathematics Department

Robyn Bluhm

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: November 2, 2007

Abstract

Caulfield and Bubela (2007) argue that the Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act (An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction and Related Research (S.C. 2004, c.2) imposes a complete “criminal ban” on somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) that is unwarranted because, they contend, the ban was based on concerns regarding the moral status of the human embryo, which is inappropriate in a “pluralistic society.”

Suggested Citation

Mykitiuk, Roxanne and Nisker, Jeff and Bluhm, Robyn, The Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act: Protecting Women’s Health While Potentially Allowing Human Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer into Non-Human Oocytes (November 2, 2007). The American Journal of Bioethics, Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 71, 2007, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1554984

Roxanne Mykitiuk (Contact Author)

Osgoode Hall Law School ( email )

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Jeff Nisker

University of Western Ontario - Applied Mathematics Department ( email )

1151 Richmond Street
London, Ontario N6A 3K7
Canada

Robyn Bluhm

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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