Achieving national altruistic self-sufficiency in human eggs for third-party reproduction in Canada

Françoise Baylis, Jocelyn Downie

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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 the pursuit 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 them.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)164-184
Number of pages21
JournalInternational Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 1 2014

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Gender Studies
  • Health(social science)
  • Philosophy

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