Sunday, October 02, 2005
Virginia Postrel has an informative piece in the current issue of Forbes on Canada's Leftist attack on genetic science.
What Postrel may not be aware of is that Canada has a law which mandates the creation of a registry to record the birth of children conceived with IVF. Bill C-13 paragraph 17 reads:
It's odd that those who fight for reproductive rights and the privacy inherent in the very question of whether to have children or not were completely silent on the creation of an Agency to record the very reproductive choices that people are making and the notation of the children born of IVF. We're all aware that government intrusion most always starts with the collection of information, and I see no reason for government to intrude into the personal issue of reproduction, and I fear where governmental mission expansion will lead with regards to reproductive rights. Imagine the outcry if a government Agency was started with the stated purpose of recording the birth of children born with red hair, or of Ethipoian heritage. No explanation was offered for why children born of IVF need to be noted in a database. What sets these children apart from others, even from those who are adopted? Postrel is right, it's the Left that poses the greater danger here. Related: The Seeds of Star Trek in German Politics, The Conflict Within - The Left's Version of Creationism and Know thy Enemy - "Newton's Rape Manual" Thanks to Instapundit for the pointer. |