Dr. Mary Wingfield:

At the European meeting I attended last week there were people who felt the provision dealing with the situation where a person applied for a birth certificate could be challenged in the European Court of Human Rights on the basis of privacy. The only other jurisdiction in the world in which there is such a provision is the state of Victoria in Australia. As was said last week, that is okay for the Australians because they are not governed by the European Court of Human Rights.

On the question of infertility being a medical disorder, it is definitely a medical disorder, which is why treatment should be available under our medical system.

Deputy Bernard J. Durkan was worried about how we isolated ourselves from the rest of the world. I am not sure we want to isolate ourselves from the rest of the world-----