Posthumous Reproduction: Issues and Challenges
Asian Resonance ( P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-8, ISSUE-2, April 2019 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443 ) Abstract Bindu Vijay Assistant Professor, Deptt. of Science & Technology, Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India Advancement in reproductive technologies provides new and diverse opportunities to create offspring. Legal uncertainties often appear in treatments using new reproductive technology as law could not keep pace with the rapid progress of biomedical technology. Cryopreservation techniques has made possible for freezing of gametes, extraction of gametes from deceased person and use of these later for the purpose of non-coital procreation. All these have made posthumous reproduction a reality and this will continue to develop rapidly. However this also raises new set of ethical and sensitive challenges that are likely to be encountered in the court. Regulatory guidelines on posthumous assisted reproduction vary across the cou...