Nobody's Child, Everybody's Children:

Nobody’s Child, Everybody’s Law or Not?

Canada comes late to the federal regulation of reproductive technologies (NRTs) and genetic research on in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos. This keynote address will provide an historical overview of the public and parliamentary processes thatpreceded the passage of current law governingclinics offering IVF and related technologies, and research on human embryos. It will analyze the law's impact on access to NRTs by couples and single women, and the status ofcontested scientific investigations, including embryonic stem cell research.