The Tale of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada: A Tragedy in Five Acts

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 25:2, 183-201, 2013

20 Pages Posted: 9 Dec 2019

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Françoise Baylis

Dalhousie University

Jocelyn Downie

Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine

Date Written: March 15, 2015

Abstract

In the spring of 2012, Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC)—the federal agency tasked with the oversight of assisted human reproduction in Canada—was abolished through the passage of the omnibus budget bill. This ignominious end was in part a response to the Supreme Court of Canada’s Reference re Assisted Human Reproduction Act. However, as we recount in this article, it was also a result of a series of squandered opportunities to regulate assisted human reproduction in the interests of those who use or are born of assisted human reproductive technologies. This article details the genesis, life, and death of the AHRC. We conclude that many millions of public dollars and many hours of experts’ time have been spent, all for naught.

Keywords: Assisted Human Reproduction, Canada, genesis, life, death

Suggested Citation

Baylis, Françoise and Downie, Jocelyn, The Tale of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada: A Tragedy in Five Acts (March 15, 2015). Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 25:2, 183-201, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3491814

Françoise Baylis (Contact Author)

Dalhousie University ( email )

6225 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H7
Canada

Jocelyn Downie

Schulich School of Law & Faculty of Medicine ( email )

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4H9
Canada

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