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Age Bar Under Assisted Reproductive Technology Act Applies To Individuals, Not Couples: P&H High Court Allows IVF To Bereaved Parents
['Aiman J. Chishti']
Supreme Court - High Court - Legal Breaking News | Live Law India
This Court held that the statute reinforces age restriction on an individual gender and not to a couple."
The Court further made it clear that, risks involved in undergoing an ART procedure and chances of the genetic abnormality in the offspring are not an embargo from undergoing the procedure under the ART Act.
"There is no bar in the ART Act for a couple to opt for IVF, when they have one living child.
The Court held that health risks or possible genetic abnormalities are not statutory prohibitions under the ART Act and cannot be used to deny access to ART services.
The Court held that health risks or possible genetic abnormalities are not statutory prohibitions under the ART Act and cannot be used to deny access to ART services.