indianexpress.com – Advancing technology and growing medical tourism have helped in vitro fertilization thrive in India, but with little regulation. Egg donors are chosen and paid according to their profile, with touts and agencies arranging them for hospitals and recipients. And the donor is often at risk, a fact highlighted by the death of Sushma Pandey, 17, in Mumbai.

With the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Bill of 2010 hanging fire, the only attempt at regulation is a set of guidelines, revised several times, by the Indian Council of Medical Research. Clauses in the guidelines appear to contradict each other on the donor’s ideal age, but Sushma would have been under the lower limit in any case. To continue reading click here.