Draft ART (regulation) bill : in whose interest?; comment

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2009

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Sama Resource Group for Women and Health, New Delhi, IN

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Women and health rights activists have looked forward to the drafting of this Bill in light of the unregulated practice of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and the increasing commercialization and commodification of women’s reproductive tissues. The Bill is based on the ‘National Guidelines for Accreditation, Supervision and Regulation of ART Clinics in India’ and is a welcome and much appreciated step, but unfortunately, it carries on the vestiges of the drawbacks present in the guidelines. This article comments on the draft legislation. Although a positive step, it fails to safeguard the health of women surrogates and their children.

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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WOMEN'S HEALTH, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, SURROGACY, LEGISLATION, REGULATION, IN VITRO FERTILIZATION (IVF), ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/46448

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2000-2009 / Années 2000-2009
Asia / Asie
Research Results (WRC) / Résultats de recherches (DFPC)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights / Droits en matière de sexualité et de reproduction
Women's Sexual and Reproductive Rights / Droits en matière de sexualité et de reproduction pour les femmes