In December, 2010, Canada's 6 year old Assisted Human Reproduction Act was successfully challenged in the Supreme Court of Canada. There may be important implications for public health and the evolution of reproductive technologies in this country.

The current approach to infertility of assisted reproductive technology (ART) completely misses and then bypasses the evaluation and treatment of cervical factor infertility. In contrast, the Creighton Model FertilityCare System (CrMS), a method of fertility awareness that has the unique ability to quantify cervical mucus observations, and natural procreative technology (NaProTECHNOLOGY or NPT)...

John Harris: The only traits it would be morally problematic to induce are those that would be harmful to the individual or to others. It wouldn't be morally problematic if a woman had a boy rather than a girl, or a child with a particular skin or eye colour or high intelligence. No one has a reason to bemoan the birth of such a child. Nor would the child have grounds for complaint. On the othe...

most basic instinct of all creatures is to survive and propagate. The social concepts of love, family, community and mortality strengthen the biological drive for genetic procreation. Reproductive liberty is most often described as a negative right: a guaranteed right to be free from state interference in procreative choice. 1 Few theorists in the developed world would contradict the negative r...

rapid development in assisted reproductive techniques along with relieving the pain of childlessness has brought new ethical and policy dilemmas. posthumous assisted reproduction is the most challenging, difficult and sensitive issue to be discussed ethically and religiously. in this paper the acceptability of the posthumous reproduction in islamic contexts is evaluated and major concerns like ...

Background: Cigarette smoke contains many oxidants and may alter the human reproduction by inducing oxidative stress (OS) in both active and passive smokers. This study was designed to evaluation the effect of environment tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on oxidative stress in follicular follicle and assisted reproduction outcomes. Materials and Methods: A prospective study was carried out on 236 i...