MGSC05H3 Lecture Notes - Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Implied Consent, Natalie Suleman
Document Summary
Public & private hospitals have realized that there is a lucrative market in harvesting sperms of men in accidents, who want to have a child with men who may have died or will be dying. Possible to harvest sperm, give it to sperm, have a child. Controversy: unless the man has consented to this procedure, unlikely considering near death, reproductive material accessed w/out consent, hospitals have discovered that they can make a lot of money, private market commodity not ohip. Keen to get the regulatory permission to harvest the sperm at the request of the spouse/partner. Opposition: religious organizations, even some womens organizations, largest criticism comes from womens organization. Kind of rape, dead male violated in which women are violated, society shouldn"t support access to reproductive/bodily fluids without permission. Reasonable business proposition, socially good impact, accommodating to spouse, money maker. Provoking severe moral criticism analogies to rape. Unless men consent to this process , prior consent cant be relied upon.
