Dakshayani Velayudhan Digital Archive
for Constitutionalism and Gender Rights
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act, 2021
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021 was enacted to establish a comprehensive framework for regulating and supervising assisted reproductive technology (ART) clinics and banks. The primary objective of the Act is to ensure safe, ethical, and standardised medical practices in ART services while preventing misuse, commercial exploitation, and unethical practices associated with infertility treatments.…
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The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 aims to eliminate the commercialisation and trade of human embryos, gametes, and surrogate services across India while permitting altruistic surrogacy to protect surrogate mothers and children from exploitation. Its core objectives include restricting surrogacy to legally married Indian couples with a medical indication for gestational surrogacy. The Act is ensuring…