Hospitals & Fertility Clinics

Reproductive law is a complex area of law that governs assisted human reproduction. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act (“AHRA“) is the legislation that regulates assisted human reproductive technologies in Canada.

The AHRA prohibits:

creating an in vitro embryo for any purpose other than creating a human being or improving or providing instruction in assisted reproduction procedures
maintaining an embryo outside the body of a female person after the 14th day of its development following fertilization or creation (excluding any time during which its development has been suspended)
performing any procedure that would ensure or increase the probability that an embryo will be of a particular sex

There is also provincial law that governs privacy, regulates health professionals and establishes the parentage of a child.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

We present to and advise hospitals and fertility clinics on legal matters pertaining to reproductive law including:

Consent and capacity
Consent forms
Contracts
Destruction of gametes
Egg donation
Embryo donation
Health Care Consent Act
Indemnities
Information sharing
Informed consent
OHIP
Policies
Powers of attorney
Privacy
Privileges
Professional regulation
Reproductive technology
Research
Sperm donation
Statutory compliance
Substitute decision-making
Surrogacy
Waivers

Hospitals & Fertility Clinics

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

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