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In 2017, I published a story about a surrogate who carried a baby for a Canadian couple. The two parties met online, and within 24 hours they had agreed...

In-vitro fertilization (IVF) has come a long way since the birth of the first test-tube baby in England in 1978. IVF is a procedure in which eggs are removed...

Le retour à l’ordre du jour des questions liées à la procréation médicalement assistée (PMA), tant au Québec qu’au niveau fédéral, rappelle à quel point persiste une inadéquation entre...

(This article has been translated into French.) In November 2018, a Chinese researcher made headlines with the news that he had created genetically modified babies using genome editing. The...

Longtemps inexpliqué, le miracle de la vie s’éclaircit au fur et à mesure que nos connaissances en matière de procréation et de génétique évoluent. De l’embryon présentant les meilleures...

Worldwide, commercial surrogacy services are in high demand, and Canada has become an appealing provider for international couples in search of these services. Although there are some gaps in...

Beginning in 2011, a new generation of prenatal genetic tests became available. These tests are highly accurate in determining whether a fetus has Down syndrome or a few other...

In a 2015 article I asked: “does sperm have a flag?” The answer is, as it turns out, yes. And in the context of Canadian citizenship, it seems likely...

(This article has been translated into French.) A few years ago, a pregnant friend who went through successful in-vitro fertilization (IVF) called me late at night, sobbing. She felt...

The much-maligned, often-studied Assisted Human Reproduction Act is a sweeping piece of legislation that governs the regulation of reproductive technologies and embryo research in Canada. Although it was passed...