Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill addresses regulation lacunae in fertility industry, but its non-inclusiveness is troubling
5 years, 1 month ago

Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill addresses regulation lacunae in fertility industry, but its non-inclusiveness is troubling

Firstpost  

When it comes to women and their wombs, legislators don’t seem to understand the necessity of having well thought out, supportive — and timely — laws. The Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill 2020 is a case in point. The Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulation Bill 2020, which was first proposed in 2008 and has been amended several times over the years, has finally been approved by the Union Cabinet this month. Experts pointed out that surrogacy was just a part of the fertility treatment process and that without the ART Bill in place, the Surrogacy Bill could cause more harm than good. Positive developments It was a pleasant surprise when, in the last couple of weeks, our legislators came up with not one but three womb-centric Bills: Along with the two Bills relating to fertility treatment, the Union Cabinet also approved amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, which will help strengthen women’s reproductive rights and prevent unsafe abortions.

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Centre seeks data from States to assess functioning of Surrogacy Act, 2021
1 year, 2 months ago

Centre seeks data from States to assess functioning of Surrogacy Act, 2021

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry has asked all States and UTs about the total number of couples and single and unmarried women who have availed surrogacy successfully since the Surrogacy Act, 2021, came into force to assess the functioning of the law. In a communication sent to the Principal Secretary /Secretary of all States and UTs last month, the Ministry also …

New Assisted Reproductive Technology regulations push up cost of treatment, limit conception opportunities
1 year, 9 months ago

New Assisted Reproductive Technology regulations push up cost of treatment, limit conception opportunities

The Hindu  

Earlier this year the Health Ministry notified the Assisted Reproductive Technology Regulations, 2023, which are aimed at providing donors and patients with better medical care and security. The new ART provisions impose restrictions on the number of times a donor, male or female can donate in their lifetime, and specifies age limits for donors. While welcoming the safety measures and …

Estranged Wife Moves Supreme Court Challenging ART Rule Mandating Husband's Consent For Donor Sperm Insemination
2 years, 4 months ago

Estranged Wife Moves Supreme Court Challenging ART Rule Mandating Husband's Consent For Donor Sperm Insemination

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday considered a writ petition seeking directions to quash a rule under the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, 2021 requiring married women to obtain their husbands' consent for intrauterine insemination with donor sperm. Section 22 enjoins infertility clinics from performing any treatment or procedure without the written informed consent of all the parties seeking assisted reproductive technology, …

Explained: Surrogacy & Assisted Reproduction in India - laws, offence & problems
2 years, 9 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
3 years 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 …

Beti Bachao: Misuse of New Reproductive Techniques is Driving Male Child Preference in India
3 years, 1 month 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 …

What the new laws regulating fertility services in India say | In Focus podcast
3 years, 2 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 …

Parliament approves bills on ART, surrogacy
3 years, 3 months ago

Parliament approves bills on ART, surrogacy

Hindustan Times  

Parliament passed on Wednesday a bill to regulate assisted reproductive technology services such as in-vitro fertilisation centres, sperm or egg banks and curb unethical practices related to issues such as sex selection. The Rajya Sabha passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2021 by a voice vote, a week after the Lok Sabha cleared the draft legislation. The bill was passed …

Bills on Assisted Reproductive Technology, surrogacy passed
3 years, 3 months ago

Bills on Assisted Reproductive Technology, surrogacy passed

The Hindu  

The Rajya Sabha passed two Bills to regulate and supervise assisted reproductive technology clinics and surrogacy on Wednesday. The Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2021 was passed by the Lok Sabha on December 1. Opposing the Bill, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan said, “The Surrogacy Bill, 2020, with its proposal to ban commercial surrogacy is yet another example of how out-of-touch with ground …

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

Parliamentary panel says ART not appropriate for live-in or same sex couples
4 years ago

Parliamentary panel says ART not appropriate for live-in or same sex couples

The Hindu  

Given the Indian family structure, social milieu and norms, it will not be very easy to accept a child whose parents are together but not legally married, noted the 129-page report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, on the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, 2020, submitted in Parliament earlier this week. The Committee in its report added …

Cabinet approves bill to regulate assisted reproductive technology services; bill protects rights of commissioning couple, women, says Smriti Irani
5 years, 1 month ago

Cabinet approves bill to regulate assisted reproductive technology services; bill protects rights of commissioning couple, women, says Smriti Irani

Firstpost  

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill which proposes establishment of a national registry and registration authority for all clinics and medical professionals serving in the field New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill which proposes establishment of a national registry and registration authority for all clinics and medical professionals …

How to make the Surrogacy Bill more inclusive?
5 years, 8 months ago

How to make the Surrogacy Bill more inclusive?

The Hindu  

The Surrogacy Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha earlier this month with the intent of facilitating altruistic surrogacy in the country. In a conversation moderated by Ramya Kannan, Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, West Bengal MP, gynaecologist and fertility expert, and Gita Aravamudan, award-winning journalist with an interest in gender issues and author of ' Baby Makers: The Story of …

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]
7 years, 7 months ago

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]

Live Law  

The Surrogacy Bill, 2016, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, suffers from serious infirmities, if the 102nd Report on the Bill, presented to the Rajya Sabha, and laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on August 10, is any indication.The report begins stating that the potential for exploitation of surrogacy is linked …

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]
7 years, 7 months ago

Parliamentary Standing Committee Recommends Wide-Ranging Changes To The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 [Read the Report]

Live Law  

The Surrogacy Bill, 2016, which was referred to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, suffers from serious infirmities, if the 102nd Report on the Bill, presented to the Rajya Sabha, and laid on the Table of the Lok Sabha on August 10, is any indication.The report begins stating that the potential for exploitation of surrogacy is linked …

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2015, is under inter-ministerial consultation; MoS (Health)
9 years, 3 months ago

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2015, is under inter-ministerial consultation; MoS (Health)

Live Law  

As per the Law Commission Report No. 25,000 crore industry.As per two independent studies conducted by reputed agencies forwarded to the Department of Health Research, around 2,000 foreign babies are born to Indian surrogates every year and the international. As per two independent studies conducted by reputed agencies forwarded to the Department of Health Research, around 2,000 foreign babies are …

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2015, is under inter-ministerial consultation; MoS (Health)
9 years, 3 months ago

Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2015, is under inter-ministerial consultation; MoS (Health)

Live Law  

As per the Law Commission Report No. 25,000 crore industry.As per two independent studies conducted by reputed agencies forwarded to the Department of Health Research, around 2,000 foreign babies are born to Indian surrogates every year and the international. As per two independent studies conducted by reputed agencies forwarded to the Department of Health Research, around 2,000 foreign babies are …

Surrogacy law will wait for experts to address critical issues
11 years, 8 months ago

Surrogacy law will wait for experts to address critical issues

The Hindu  

The Centre will set up an expert committee for wider consultations on the draft Assisted Reproductive Technologies Bill, 2010. The decision was taken after the Planning Commission recommended substantive changes in the law and advised the Indian Council of Medical Research against pushing the draft Bill until after consultations were satisfactorily concluded. At a meeting convened by the Commission here …

Govt proposes to bring Bill to regulate surrogacy: Azad
12 years ago

Govt proposes to bring Bill to regulate surrogacy: Azad

The Hindu  

The government on Tuesday said it proposes to bring a Bill to monitor the services of Assisted Reproductive Technology clinics and banks to regulate surrogacy in the country. “A draft Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill has been formulated and sent to Ministry of Law and Justice for concurrence,” Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad said in a written …

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