Achieving National Altruistic Self-Sufficiency in Human Eggs for Third-Party Reproduction in Canada

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    Abstract

    To avoid the commercialization of reproduction, the Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act 2004) prohibits the purchase of human eggs. We endorse this legal prohibition and moreover believe that this facet of the law should not be allowed to have as an unintended consequence an increase in transnational trade in human eggs. In an effort to avoid this consequence, and to be consistent with the AHR Act, we advocate a system of national altruistic self-sufficiency. This article briefly outlines a number of strategies to increase the domestic altruistic supply of third-party eggs and decrease the domestic demand for third-party eggs.

    Original languageCanadian English
    JournalArticles, Book Chapters, & Popular Press
    Publication statusPublished - Jan. 1 2014

    Keywords

    • Altruistic Self-Sufficiency
    • Bioethics
    • Canada
    • Canadian Assisted Human Reproduction Act
    • Human Egg Trade
    • Third-Party Eggs

    Disciplines

    • Health Law and Policy
    • Law

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