In Vancouver, Olivia Pratten failed in her attempt to havethe Supreme Court hear her case regarding sperm donation and access toinformation on the donor. Her argument was that kids conceived through donatedsperm should have the same options as children who are adopted. Since 1996, adopted children have been ableto learn information about their biological parents. Children are able to access medical history and other information. She took on the case to have the law get on board with different reproductive processes. Pratten stated “This is an area that has no legislation on it, and there’s more people who are conceived this way.” The B.C. Supreme Court agreedholding that anonymous sperm donors could be “harmful to the child”. However,the B.C. Court of Appeals overturned the lower courts ruling. Pratten appealedto the Supreme Court of Canada to interfere, but the court said it would nothear the case.
See Olivia Pratten Sperm Donor Case Won’t Be Heard By Supreme Court, HuffPost British Comumbia, May 30, 2013.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
