India may Allow Single Women and Men to Have Babies Through In-vitro Fertilization

by Gopalan on  July 12, 2008 at 3:21 PM Indian Health News
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Rao stressed, “No one can turn a blind eye to this reality and wisdom lies in appropriately responding to changing situations.’’

As to apprehensions that a child raised by homosexual parents might not have a normal childhood, she reacted, arguing, “I think it’s wrong to have such views in this modern age. Now, take the case of a child who lives with heterosexual parents, where the father retards his psychology by indulging in ugly drunken domestic brawls day in and day out. Will this child have a normal childhood?” 

The founder-director of ‘Sahodaran’, Sunil Menon, who works among the gay community, welcomed the ICMR initiative.

“It’s a welcome sign. Those who can afford will definitely go in for children using ART procedure. Hopefully, the initiative will lead to the recognition of homosexual status in the country,’’ he said.

Federal government’s Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told the Supreme Court Wednesday that rules to regulate infertility clinics would be in place soon.

While eventually a law will be enacted, in the meantime some guidelines would be in force.

He said that the government was deeply concerned over the unregulated mushrooming of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) clinics in the country.

He was making a submission during the hearing of a petition filed by a couple who had undergone some bitter moments in a clinic.

The wife did become pregnant after administration of Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection, but her condition became serious and pregnancy had to be terminated.

The couple argue that lack of regulations had led to a free-for-all situation wherein the public became victims and the clinic operators had no accountability.

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