The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill that seeks to establish a national board and state boards for the regulation and supervision of ART clinics and ART banks for the safe and ethical practice of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) services.
Bill to regulate assisted reproductive technology services passed in Lok Sabha - The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill, 2020 was passed with a voice vote after a reply to the debate by Health Minister.
India has over the years become one of the major centres of this global fertility industry, with reproductive medical tourism becoming a significant activity. Clinics in India offer nearly all the ART services gamete donation, intrauterine insemination, in-vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, pre-implantation genetic diagnostics and gestational surrogacy. Lok Sabha Passes Bill to Regulate Assisted Reproductive Technology Services.