Beti Bachao: Misuse of New Reproductive Techniques is Driving Male Child Preference in India
2 years, 10 months ago

Beti Bachao: Misuse of New Reproductive Techniques is Driving Male Child Preference in India

News 18  

In January 2019, the Delhi Health Department raided a Karol Bagh hospital accused of using Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis, a form of Assisted Reproductive Technology that determines the sex of an embryo. UNPF estimates that each year, India misses nearly 4,00,000 female births because of sex selection, especially in states like Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana. That is to say, unregulated access of PGD, via upsurging ART clinics for sex selection all over the country, is a cause of concern that may disastrously impact the sex ratio. However, PGD sex selection is not restricted to India’s borders. Although the ART industry in India is unregulated, one law, Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, bans and penalises preconception sex selection.

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India's Medical Body Calls for Legalization of Gender Tests for Unborn Child
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India's Medical Body Calls for Legalization of Gender Tests for Unborn Child

Firstpost  

Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr RV Asokan has called for changes to the country's law on prenatal gender determination. Dr Asokan argues that banning prenatal sex determination has not significantly impacted India's skewed sex ratio and that legalizing the tests will help safeguard the unborn girl child and improve the country's sex ratio.

Safeguarding Women's Interests on World Population Day
1 year, 5 months ago

Safeguarding Women's Interests on World Population Day

Hindustan Times  

This year's World Population Day theme puts safeguarding women's and girls' interests at the center. Women's rights, especially reproductive health rights, choices, agency, and decision-making abilities, revolve around policies determining the number of children they can have. According to National Family Health Survey, 2019-21, 50% of women from lower socioeconomic groups use contraceptives, which increases to 58% among women from …

Emerging Technologies And Their Impact On Women Reproductive Rights And Healthcare
1 year, 5 months ago

Emerging Technologies And Their Impact On Women Reproductive Rights And Healthcare

Live Law  

Reproductive healthcare is an essential part of women's health and rights, and technological advancements have the potential to completely transform the industry. While not directly related to emerging technologies, it dealt with the issue of gender discrimination and the right to access religious spaces, which is linked to women's reproductive rights and autonomy. Gene editing, artificial wombs, and fertility treatments, …

Explained: Surrogacy & Assisted Reproduction in India - laws, offence & problems
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: Surrogacy & Assisted Reproduction in India - laws, offence & problems

The Hindu  

On May 18, the Bombay High Court sought Mumbai-based Hinduja Hospital’s reply after a couple moved the court seeking to complete a surrogacy procedure, which commenced before Parliament passed the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act and the Surrogacy Act in December 2021. The Act defines surrogacy as a practice where a woman gives birth to a child for an intending couple …

Critical Analysis Of Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2021 And Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2021
2 years, 9 months ago

Critical Analysis Of Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2021 And Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2021

Live Law  

The scope of this article is to analyze the effects of the recently passed Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2021 and Assisted Reproduction Technology Bill 2021. Ban on Surrogacy a)Judicial View The Supreme Court's decision in Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association and Others v State of Maharashtra in the context of bar dancers in Maharashtra would be suitable to evaluate on the …

What the new laws regulating fertility services in India say | In Focus podcast
2 years, 11 months ago

What the new laws regulating fertility services in India say | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

This month, two bills dealing with fertility services have been passed by Parliament — the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2021, and the Surrogacy Bill 2020. The fertility services sector in India is huge, and has boomed over the last couple of decades. Over the last decade or so, there have been news reports of various kinds that have to do …

Mind The Gap | The Indian woman’s quest for autonomy
3 years ago

Mind The Gap | The Indian woman’s quest for autonomy

Hindustan Times  

On December 1, Lok Sabha passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill by a voice vote after a three-hour discussion. NCP’s Supriya Sule said adoption rules framed in 2017 excluded single men from adopting girls “The major exclusion here is exclusion of single parents, transgenders and LGBT couples,” added TMC’s Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. Former Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Athlete …

EXPLAINED: How The Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill Aims To Regulate A Growing Sector In India
3 years ago

EXPLAINED: How The Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill Aims To Regulate A Growing Sector In India

News 18  

The Lok Sabha has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2020, in the first week of Winter Session 2021 with the proposed legislation now moving to Rajya Sabha. It was, in fact, pointed out in Lok Sabha that since the surrogacy Bill is pending in the Upper House, the ART Bill could not be taken up for discussion. Lok Sabha …

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Regulate Assisted Reproductive Technology
3 years ago

Lok Sabha Passes Bill To Regulate Assisted Reproductive Technology

Live Law  

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2020 for prevention of misuse and for safe and ethical practice of assisted reproductive technology services. The bill has been passed with amendments.The Bill, first tabled in the Lok Sabha on 14 September 2020, defines "assisted reproductive technology" to include all techniques that attempt to obtain. Rights of a …

Parliament winter session: Lok Sabha passes Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill to regulate IVF clinics
3 years ago

Parliament winter session: Lok Sabha passes Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill to regulate IVF clinics

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2020, to regulate assisted reproductive technology services such as in-vitro fertilization centres, sperm or egg banks etc that have mushroomed across the country. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya speaks on the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2020, in Lok Sabha during ongoing winter session of Parliament on Wednesday. Responding to …

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