A divided Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the right of the provinces to regulate in-vitro fertilization.
But the court said the federal government is within its rights in banning cloning and human hybrids.
The court issued a divided advisory opinion Wednesday that grappled with the “weighty moral concerns” of assisted reproduction. It upheld, in part, a 2008 Quebec Court of Appeal decision that declared Ottawa overstepped itself in asserting its right to regulate the use of human sperm, eggs and embryos.
The court split 4-4-1 with Justice Thomas Cromwell offering the determining view in what amounted to a complex analysis of the time-honoured constitutional rights of provinces to control health care. Read More…
@sam in that scenario male-male combinations would be able to have male and female children. Female-female combinations could only have female children.
Just one of the interesting facts of genetics.
Would be cool to see one day when science is able to take the 23-pair chromosomes of one gender and combine it with another person of the same gender (e.g. male-male, and female-female).
I’ve found that religious folks are most against it because it gives same sex female couples to have children.
History shows in vitro has had many lab mix-ups and it would be sad to think that it was discovered what you thought was your brother/sister was a stranger.
IVF has advanced considerably and for people to still be fearful is silly.
Not everyone is looking to be another Octo-mom and cash in on her fame.
Everytime i read stories like these i think we are coming closer to the Blade Runner universe:
http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/cO/bladerunner-01-0707-de.jpg
Take another vote from these Chief Justices and i’d bet someone will flip.
Ban in vitro already! It’s completely immoral!
I want my trout/pig hybrid pet! I’d call him Dinner and call it a day. The future looks bright!
Ive got my fork and knife in hand, and bib on stand-by.
I was a product of in-vitro. There is no controversy..for me it was a necessity.
Quebec always doing their own thing.
We should be like the U.S. and abolish all regulations and see how things work out…
/sarcasm
Wow, 4-4 split. That was TOO close!! It could have gone the other way and that would have been that!
“Assisted reproduction raises weighty moral concerns,” — wtf? How else are young mothers who cant have children the natural way going to do it?
@erica, god had nothing to do with it.
Thank god for the supreme court!
It will be a matter of time when human hybrids and cloning will be legal. Where there is money to be had regulations will always be laxed. You’ll see!