Enforcing the Assisted Human Reproduction Act.

With the  t in place, the business of buying and selling reproductive tissues and services should have come to a screeching halt in Canada, especially given the penalties for breaking the law. The penalties include a ne of up to $500 000, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both. This has not been the case, however. The legal prohibitions have largely been seen as nothing more than “paper tigers” and, in the absence of any arrests being made, a small cottage industry has developed with thousands of dollars changing hands per transaction.