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June 6, 2018

Assisted reproduction, surrogacy laws challenged

Suzanna Scorsone, Royal Commission member for five years, says, "Surrogacy for hire would set a dangerous precedent because it would, in effect, legalize a form of child trafficking."

A private memberöÏÓãÊÓƵapp bill that would decriminalize the purchase of sperm, eggs and rent-a-womb surrogacy would open the door to exploitation of poor women and legalize a form of child trafficking, according to a member of the 1990s Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies.

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