CCQ, r. 12 - Regulation respecting the conduct of the mandatory information meeting in the context of certain parental projects involving surrogacy

Section 2 Disposition versions

2024-03-06

2. Regarding the psychosocial implications of a parental project involving surrogacy, the information meeting must address

(1)  the reasons leading a person alone or spouses to form a parental project and a woman or a person to contribute to such a project by agreeing to give birth to the child;

(2)  the elements to consider in matching the person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project with the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(3)  the relations between the person alone or the spouses who formed a parental project and the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child at each stage of the process;

(4)  the emotional attachment that the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child may experience both during the pregnancy and after giving birth;

(5)  the role of the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child, the perception of that role, in particular by third persons, and the recognition of that woman or that person’s contribution;

(6)  the expectations and concerns of the person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project and of the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(7)  the various grieving processes that may be experienced by the person alone or the spouses who formed a parental project and of the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(8)  the pressure that may be experienced or felt by the person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project and by the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(9)  the disclosure by the person alone or the spouses of the parental project involving surrogacy or by the woman or the person of having agreed to contribute to such a project to their family and friends, as well as any impact that such a project may have on the latter.

M.O. 2024-5161, s. 2.

Not in force

In force: 2024-03-06

2. Regarding the psychosocial implications of a parental project involving surrogacy, the information meeting must address

(1)  the reasons leading a person alone or spouses to form a parental project and a woman or a person to contribute to such a project by agreeing to give birth to the child;

(2)  the elements to consider in matching the person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project with the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(3)  the relations between the person alone or the spouses who formed a parental project and the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child at each stage of the process;

(4)  the emotional attachment that the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child may experience both during the pregnancy and after giving birth;

(5)  the role of the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child, the perception of that role, in particular by third persons, and the recognition of that woman or that person’s contribution;

(6)  the expectations and concerns of the person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project and of the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(7)  the various grieving processes that may be experienced by the person alone or the spouses who formed a parental project and of the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(8)  the pressure that may be experienced or felt by the person alone or the spouses who formed the parental project and by the woman or the person who has agreed to give birth to the child;

(9)  the disclosure by the person alone or the spouses of the parental project involving surrogacy or by the woman or the person of having agreed to contribute to such a project to their family and friends, as well as any impact that such a project may have on the latter.

M.O. 2024-5161, s. 2.