2. Licensing and the AHRA Reference

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part One: Background to the Reference re: Assisted Human Reproduction Act and Constitutional Law and Federalism Perspectives
5. 1. A Historical Introduction to the Supreme Court’s Decision on the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 23
6. 2. Licensing and the AHRA Reference 34
7. 3. The Federalism Implications of the Assisted Human Reproduction Act Reference 44
8. 4. Federal and Provincial Jurisdictions with Respect to Health: Struggles amid Symbiosis 63
9. Part Two: Family Law and Children’s Rights Perspectives
10. 5. Determining Parentage in Cases Involving Assisted Reproduction: An Urgent Need for Provincial Legislative Action 91
11. 6. The Right to Know One’s Origins, the AHRA Reference, and Pratten v AGBC: A Call for Provincial Legislative Action 124
12. 7. A Number but No Name: Is There a Constitutional Right to Know One’s Sperm Donor in Canadian Law? 145
13. 8. The Priority of the Health and Well-Being of Offspring: The Challenge of Canadian Provincial and Territorial Adoption Disclosure Law to Anonymity in Gamete and Embryo Provision (“Donor” Conception) 178
14. 9. A Time for Change? The Divergent Approaches of Canada and New Zealand to Donor Conception and Donor Identification 206
15. 10. What Adoption Law Suggests about Donor Anonymity Policies: A UK Perspective 232
16. Part Three: Commodification and Commercialization of Assisted Human Reproduction, Access and Funding of AHR, and the Role of Law
17. 11. Assisted Reproductive Technology Use among Neighbours: Commercialization Concerns in Canada and the United States, in the Global Context 253
18. 12. Fruitful Diversity: Revisiting the Enforceability of Gestational Carriage Contracts 274
19. 13. Listening to LGBTQ People on Assisted Human Reproduction: Access to Reproductive Material, Services, and Facilities 325
20. 14. Regulatory Failure: The Case of the Private-for-Profit IVF Sector 359
21. 15. Great Expectations: Access to Assisted Reproductive Services and Reproductive Rights 389
22. 16. The Commodification of Gametes: Why Prohibiting Untrammelled Commercialization Matters 415
23. Appendix: Expert Reports
24. Appendix 1: Quebec: A Pioneer in the Regulation of AHR and Research in Canada [Expert Opinion for the Government of Quebec] 463
25. Appendix 2: The Regulation of Assisted Human Reproductive Technologies and Related Research: A Public Health, Safety and Morality Argument [Expert Opinion for the Federal Government] 490
26. Appendix 3: Response to the Second Opinion of Françoise Baylis 529
27. Contributors 535
28. Index 539