Judicial intervention in pregnancy

This article first analayzes the recommendations in the report of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies regarding judicial interventions in pregnancy. The author then offers an overview of the proposals set forward in academic writing that support these interventions in a wide variety of areas and addresses corresponding jurisprudence on issues such as coerced medical treatment of pregnant women and criminalization of women's conduct during pregnancy. The author concludes with a critique of the traditional justifications offered to support such interventions and the consequences of enforcing them. [Descriptors: Reproductive Rights - Safe Motherhood, Canada]