Supreme court of Canada decision on the assisted Human Reproduction Act creates urgent need for action.

I wrote an expert ethics opinion for the federal government when the case was before the Quebec Court of Appeal.6 I argued that the ever-increasing ability to manipulate human reproductive material (in pursuit of any number of objectives) raised unique ethical issues warranting federal attention. More precisely, I defended the view that federal legislation was needed “to protect and promote public health, safety and morality for current and future generations of Canadians through the pursuit of ethical and therapeutic science and technologies.”6