1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«Le Code civil du Québec prévoit, depuis 2002, un moyen d’établir la filiation des enfants nés de couples lesbiens à la suite d’une procréation assistée. Diverses affaires ont depuis donné lieu à des différends concernant l’existence ou les termes d’un ‘projet parental’. Cet essai étudie les demandes de modification législative visant à imposer aux projets parentaux des exigences formelles, notamment celle d’un acte notarié en minute.» (résumé)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
L’auteur utilise différents textes de lois.

Type de traitement des données :
Réflexion critique

3. Résumé

«Under the Quebec regime, solely the actors’ mutual consent – a state of mind – converts the insemination of a woman, by whatever means, from ordinary progeniture to a genetic donation facilitating the carrying out of a parental project. The objective of permitting self-insemination outside medical establishments is understandable, given factors such as the lesser expense and the increased odds of achieving insemination via more direct methods using fresh sperm. But it is precisely where the means of the donation is less formal – outside a medical clinic, whether by self- or partner-insemination or by sexual intercourse – that definitively establishing the intentions of those involved is most important […] The decision of the legislative drafters to permit parental projects created spontaneously or informally – by the mere exchange of consent – does not appear to keep faith with the self-consciously intentional, deliberative practices of lesbians who conceive children […] The complexity of issues relating to the character of a known donor’s involvement in the life of the child hints that there is room constructively to discuss, negotiate, and formalize not only the status of donor, but also other expectations about the family life that the individuals involved will shape together.» (p. 336)