Category Assisted Reproduction

Uterine Transplantation and the Promise of Womb-anhood

Angel Petropanagos outlines some of the many medical risks and ethical challenges of uterine transplantation, including the challenges with obtaining informed consent and the harms to women as a group.

Raising Expectations About IVF But Not Adoption

Carolyn McLeod and Andrew Botterell question the Ontario government’s commitment to equal access to fertility treatments and adoption. 

ART Ethics and Health Risks in the Unregulated Market

Miriam Zoll advocates for better patient education for those considering IVF with multiple embryo transfer.

Ontario’s New Policy for Safe Fertility Services

Vanessa Gruben identifies a number of issues that must be addressed in developing an equitable and effective policy for safe fertility services in Ontario.

Funding One IVF Treatment Is Not The Answer To Infertility

Alana Cattapan argues that newly announced funding for one cycle of IVF in Ontario is not the best way to reduce multiple birth rates or to increase access to assisted reproductive technologies. (This post first appeared in the Toronto Star).