This Matters

Disturbing errors at Ontario fertility clinics causing concern


Listen Later

Guest: Morgan Sevareid-Bocknek, investigative reporter

Imagine you want a biological kid and you need the help of a fertility clinic. But then imagine they implant the wrong embryo inside of you. Or half the wrong embryo - right egg but wrong sperm. Or the child is a race you weren't expecting.

These scenarios and more have happened at Ontario fertility clinics, which remain under regulated. That means it’s a challenge to hold them to account when things like that happen and hard data for those trying to figure out which clinic to choose is hard to come by. 

How could something so important, so medically invasive and psychologically delicate remain under regulated in Ontario? And though the government got close to closing gaps in regulation, it was never completed. Tune in to find out why.

PLUS: We speak with a lawyer who specializes in fertility negligence law who details some of the worst cases she's seen - and how the province might be able to forge a path forward.

Produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston, Paulo Marques and Sean Pattendon

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

This MattersBy Toronto Star

  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4
  • 4.4

4.4

15 ratings


More shows like This Matters

View all
Ideas by CBC

Ideas

372 Listeners

The Current by CBC

The Current

197 Listeners

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio) by TVO | Steve Paikin

The Agenda with Steve Paikin (Audio)

30 Listeners

The Sunday Magazine by CBC

The Sunday Magazine

66 Listeners

The House by CBC

The House

73 Listeners

CANADALAND by CANADALAND

CANADALAND

206 Listeners

At Issue by CBC

At Issue

48 Listeners

The Backbench by CANADALAND

The Backbench

25 Listeners

The Big Story by Frequency Podcast Network

The Big Story

96 Listeners

Front Burner by CBC

Front Burner

415 Listeners

Cost of Living by CBC

Cost of Living

31 Listeners

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge by Manscorp Media Services

The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge

147 Listeners

The Dose by CBC

The Dose

72 Listeners

Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner by Toronto Star

Deep Left Field with Mike Wilner

59 Listeners

The Decibel by The Globe and Mail

The Decibel

119 Listeners

Millennial Money by Toronto Star

Millennial Money

1 Listeners

Responsible Investing for a Sustainable Economy by Toronto Star

Responsible Investing for a Sustainable Economy

3 Listeners

It's Political with Althia Raj by Toronto Star

It's Political with Althia Raj

5 Listeners

The Paul Wells Show by Antica Productions

The Paul Wells Show

7 Listeners

Hustled by Toronto Star, the Atkinson Foundation, & Antica Productions

Hustled

0 Listeners

The Kids Aren't All Right by Toronto Star

The Kids Aren't All Right

0 Listeners

Road Trip | Electric Avenues by Toronto Star

Road Trip | Electric Avenues

0 Listeners

The Beaten Path by Toronto Star

The Beaten Path

0 Listeners

Small Things Big Climate by Toronto Star

Small Things Big Climate

0 Listeners

Placeline Hamilton by Hamilton Spectator

Placeline Hamilton

2 Listeners