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Every year in Australia about 3,000 babies are born as a result of using sperm donors. But there is a shortage of donors, and fertility clinics and IVF providers have [...]

Setting the Scene: IVF Developments The increasing demand for alternative reproductive methods has significantly advanced the field of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF). As a crucial aspect of Assisted Reproductive Technologies [...]

The area and practice of family law is shaped by and evolves through societal change, legislation, global events (like a pandemic), and through judicial decisions of the Courts in Ontario [...]

Part 1: Legal Parenthood. If you are considering building your family through donor conception, chances are you have already travelled a long road of infertility or perhaps you are a [...]

Advances in medical science have introduced a number of complex legal questions about the parental rights of a sperm donor. Does a man who donates his sperm to fertilise a [...]

On October 26, 2018, the Minister of Health announced the launch of consultations on three new sets of proposed regulations under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act (the Act). Health Canada [...]

In this Alert, Partner Alison Ross and Associate Kathleen Coggins discuss the recent Queensland case where a sperm donor was removed from the birth certificate in favour of both parents' [...]

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia has recently held that the offspring of anonymous sperm donors ('donor offspring') have no constitutionally-protected right to know the identities of their biological [...]

The Government is planning a PR campaign to encourage egg and sperm donors ahead of legislation that allows people conceived artificially the right to identify their biological parents. The law [...]

In a couple of years' time it will be illegal to be an anonymous sperm donor in Norway. The move will put an end to today's practice of importing anonymous [...]