The bill treats a complex cluster of biological traits as if it were one settled thing, and ties legal meaning to the pretence.
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The technology may be here sooner than we think. But we have so much to discuss first.
Why do women freeze their eggs? My research shows it’s for a range of reasons, and not always due to a desire to become a mother.
There are sound ethical reasons behind Canada’s decision to ban payment to surrogate mothers and sperm and egg donors in 2004. A new push to remove the restrictions ignores the risks.
An ancient sexual conflict over mitochondrial inheritance may be responsible for the evolution of the two sexes as we know them.
Health Canada is drafting important regulations for assisted reproductive technologies. Initial documents treat egg donors and surrogates as little more than spare parts and walking wombs.
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Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
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Docteure en Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie, Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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Associate Professor, Philosophy., University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University; The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Researcher of Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania