India Passes New Law to Regulate Fertility Industry

Sought by health tourists, the industry is said to be rife with abuses

By: Neeta Lal

India’s fertility industry has long been a mess, with critics saying reproductive technology specialists are too often putting lives at risk – including in 2016 providing in-vitro fertilization for one 72-year-old woman – as well as assisting physically unfit mothers and endangering the children born of them. Some of the young women who hav…