Are Canadian fertility services breaking the law?

Printer-friendly version

In the Bioethics Forum May 1^st, Canadian bioethicist Françoise Baylis writes:

“Despite the clear legal prohibitions and the serious legal penalties, the business of buying and selling reproductive tissues and services in Canada is robust, with thousands of dollars changing hands per transaction and no arrests being made. For example, it is reported that the price for eggs ranges from 3,000 to 7,000 Canadian dollars, while the total bill for contract pregnancy can be as much as 100,000 Canadian dollars.”

Read her whole piece in Bioethics Forum.

Read more commentary by Baylis about the demise of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada in A mixed-bag budget.

And there is more on this issue in the Winnipeg Free Press, Fertile ground for controversy: Agency closure highlights murky world of assisted human reproduction in Canada