ArticlesRegulation of Assisted Human Reproductive Treatments in Canada - the Assisted Human Reproduction ActPublished: 11/11/2011 By Emily Larose Emily Larose authored Regulation of Assisted Human Reproductive Treatments in Canada - the Assisted Human Reproduction Act which appeared in Health Matters, Vol 14, No. 1, p. 10. Health Matters is a journal published by the Ontario Bar Association. Health Canada estimates that up to one in eight Canadian coules experiences infertility. Addressing this issue not raises medical challenges, but complex legal and ethical issues as well. In Canada, the 1993 Report of the Royal Commission on the New Reproductive Technologies recommended the establishment of a body to address these issues. After many years of debate, the new Assisted Human Reproduction Act was enacted. |