{"id":740,"date":"2023-02-23T05:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T05:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safetree.in\/blog\/?p=740"},"modified":"2026-02-06T12:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:36:44","slug":"assisted-reproductive-technology-regulation-bill-2021-and-the-surrogacy-regulation-bill-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/safetree.in\/blog\/assisted-reproductive-technology-regulation-bill-2021-and-the-surrogacy-regulation-bill-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting The Health And Safety Of The Donors With The Donor Protection Act"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fertility service sector in India is booming with an estimated 27 million infertile couples. The sector is worth thousands of crores. News reports have raised legal concerns over custody of children born to couples from abroad. Deaths of egg donors and ethical issues have also emerged. Parliament passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill 2021 and the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2020.<\/p>\n

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Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Act<\/h2>\n

The Parliament passed the ART Act and Surrogacy Act in December 2021, and the law came into force in January 2022.<\/p>\n

What is ART?<\/h2>\n

ART techniques involve manipulating sperm or egg cells outside the human body and transferring the resulting embryo into a woman’s reproductive tract. These techniques include in vitro fertilisation (IVF),<\/a> sperm donation, and gestational surrogacy, where a surrogate carries a child not biologically related to her.<\/p>\n

Rules for ART clinics & banks<\/h2>\n

Every ART clinic and bank must register and maintain their details in a central database, as required by the National ART & Surrogacy Department of India. The registration is valid for five years, renewable for another five years, and can be cancelled or suspended if the institution violates the Act’s provisions. ART clinics are also prohibited from providing a child of predetermined sex, and they must conduct genetic disease checks before implanting an embryo into a woman’s reproductive tract.<\/p>\n

Conditions for sperm donation & ART services<\/h2>\n

According to the Act, a registered ART bank can collect, screen, and store sperm from men aged 21-55 years and store eggs from women aged 23-35 years. However, there are limitations, such as the Act only permits a woman to donate seven eggs once in her life, and the bank cannot supply the semen of one donor to more than one couple. In addition, both the donor and the couple seeking the ART procedures must provide written informed consent. The couple must also provide health<\/a> and life insurance<\/a> coverage for the female donor.<\/p>\n