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12 Jun 2018 There are some things money shouldn’t buy, like babies

Posted at 15:44h in Abortion, Bills and Motions, Blog, Family 0 Comments

by Nick Suk (ARPA intern) Children are gifts from God, not products to procure or commodities to purchase. Procreation should take place within marriage, not through the deliberate fracturing of natural relationships. This biblical foundation is violated when a third party becomes part of the procreation process, either as a genetic parent (gamete seller or donor) or as a surrogate mother. These are live issues in Canada today. MP Anthony Housefather has tabled Bill C-404 to decriminalize commercial surrogacy and the sale of gametes. The intent of the bill is to increase the...

30 May 2018 New bill would allow commercialization of human reproduction

Posted at 10:04h in Bills and Motions, Criminal Justice, Family 0 Comments

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Take Action: Send an EasyMail letter to share your concerns with your MP Bill C-404, “An Act to amend the Assisted Human Reproduction Act”, was introduced yesterday by Liberal MP Anthony Housefather. If the bill passes, it will decriminalize commercial surrogacy and the sale of human gametes (sperm and eggs). This will allow women to enter commercial contracts to bear children for others in exchange for money. It will also allow paying people for their eggs or sperm. The bill is short and simple and would do nothing to regulate these practices, except to specify that gamete...

10 Nov 2016 FAQ on Ontario’s Bill 28, the “All Families Are Equal Act”

Posted at 15:56h in Bills and Motions, Family 0 Comments

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How will Bill 28 affect me and my family? Are “natural families” and “natural parents” really so important? What about adoptive parents? Isn’t the main purpose of the bill to simplify the process for both partners in a same-sex couple to be recognized as parents? Bill 28 facilitates having children through surrogacy. What’s the problem with that? If you have not read ARPA’s main article on Bill 28, we encourage you to read it first. There you will also find links to EasyMail letters on this topic. If you have already...

21 Oct 2016 What’s a family, anyway? Ontario government to radically change family law

Posted at 10:53h in Bills and Motions, Family 0 Comments

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPV_qQH-MYU The Ontario government is fast-tracking a bill that, if passed, will fundamentally overhaul family law in Ontario. It is critical that we understand these changes and seize the narrow window of opportunity to share our concerns with our leaders before the legislation becomes law.It is critical that we understand these changes and seize the narrow window of opportunity to share our concerns with our leaders before the legislation becomes law. Bill 28, the Orwellian “All Families Are Equal Act”, removes the term “mother” and “father” from all Ontario law, to be...

16 Mar 2009 Quebec judge denies adoption in surrogacy case

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Graeme Hamilton, National Post Published: Thursday, March 12, 2009MONTREAL • The Quebec couple had tried everything to conceive a baby since marrying in 2002 - surgery, artificial insemination, in-vitro fertilization. When their attempts failed, they turned to the Internet and found a woman willing to serve as a surrogate mother in exchange for $20,000. The surrogate was artificially inseminated with...

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12 Jun 2018 There are some things money shouldn’t buy, like babies

30 May 2018 New bill would allow commercialization of human reproduction

10 Nov 2016 FAQ on Ontario’s Bill 28, the “All Families Are Equal Act”

21 Oct 2016 What’s a family, anyway? Ontario government to radically change family law

16 Mar 2009 Quebec judge denies adoption in surrogacy case

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