The BC Supreme Court recently ordered that the donor sperm stored at a fertility clinic for a lesbian couple should be equally divided between them when they separated – with the result that the donor sperm could be used for insemination of a new spouse. To see the judgment in J.C.M. v. A.N.A., 2012 [...]
What are the options for a woman who wants to be a mom but who is in a romantic relationship with someone who doesn’t want a child? She can wait around and hope her partner changes his or her mind. That might work if she is 25 to 30 years old. If she is [...]
BC’s new Family Law Act will – for the first time in BC history – set rules about parentage when children are conceived using assisted reproduction. The potential surrogate and intended parent(s) must enter an agreement before the child is born. The intended parent(s) will be the legal parents if no one withdraws from the agreement before birth, the surrogate gives written consent to surrender the child when the child is born, and the intended parent(s) take the child into their care.
BC’s new Family Law Act will – for the first time in BC history – set rules about parentage when children are conceived using assisted reproduction. The birth mother and her spouse will be the legal parents, and the donor will not be a legal parety only on the basis of donation.
CKNW - Sept15-11 - 1.30pm- Interview with Monique (part 1) CKNW - Sept15-11 - 1.40pm - Interview with Monique (part 2) Sperm donors are used by heterosexual couples with fertility challenges, by same-sex couples and by single women. What are the implications? In this interview, CKNW host Simi Sara and I discuss: Recent reports of [...]
