Women Exploiting Legal Loophole to Sell Human Eggs Over Internet
A Canadian Press article, via The Globe and Mail, reports that:
Almost two years after the federal government passed a law banning the sale of human eggs, women are still advertising their ova for sale on the Internet — and Health Canada has no problem with it.More here.
The sale of eggs and other genetic material was banned under the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act, passed in 2004 after a $24-million royal commission and more than a decade of debate.
But a Health Canada official says the act does not ban the advertising of human genetic materials, only their purchase.
posted by Fergie @ 3/09/2006 07:54:00 PM
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