OTTAWA, May 11 (Lifesitenews.com) – This fall the Liberal government will finally introduce legislation to regulate new reproductive technologies (NRT). According to the Ottawa Citizen, it will “ban human cloning, the creation of human-animal hybrids, paying surrogate mothers to bear children and removing sperm or eggs from human corpses.” The legislation will also set up a governmental regulatory body to regulate human genetic and reproductive technologies. This will govern issues such as sperm and egg donation and storage.
Canada is one of the few countries where, as with abortion, there is no law restricting or regulating NRTs. Despite a 5-year, $28 million Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies in 1993, which recommended the urgent need for legislation on the issue, no law has been enacted to date.
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Cloning and Genetic Manipulation In Canada