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Book SynopsisThe world has undergone a revolution in assisted reproduction, as processes such as in vitro fertilization, embryonic screening, and surrogacy have become commonplace. Yet when governments attempt to regulate this field, they have not always been successful. Canada is a case in point: six years after the federal government created comprehensive legislation, the Supreme Court of Canada struck it down for violating provincial authority over health. In Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada, Dave Snow provides the first historical exploration of Canadian assisted reproduction policy, from the 1989 creation of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies to the present day. Snow argues the federal government’s policy failure can be traced to its contradictory policy framing, which sent mixed messages about the purposes of the legislation.
In light of the federal government’s diminished role, Snow examines how other institutions have made policy in th
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"Assisted Reproduction Policy in Canada is meticulously researched. Dave Snow is a punchy writer. Much of political science is concerned with answering one question: ‘What drives politics?’ As Assisted Reproduction shows, it is an impulse for government over-reach, a fetish for control and regulation, and a mistaken suspicion that Canadian society is comprised of wolves and sheep." -- Holly Doan * Blacklock’s Reporter *
Table of Contents
1. Understanding Assisted Reproduction Policy 2. The Royal Commission On New Reproductive Technologies and the Legacy of Past Frames 3. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Comes to Fruition 4. The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Goes to Court 5. Surrogacy and Parentage Policy in the Provinces 6. Many Actors, Many Policies: Clinical Intervention Policy in Canada 7. Making Sense of Canadian Assisted Reproduction Policy
