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P1: GDX Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics pp906-jarg-468298 June 28, 2003 9:54 Style file version June 3rd, 2002 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol. 20, No. 7, July 2003 ( C 2003) ART Regulations Around the World Accreditation,... More

P1: GDX Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics pp906-jarg-468298 June 28, 2003 9:54 Style file version June 3rd, 2002 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, Vol. 20, No. 7, July 2003 ( C 2003) ART Regulations Around the World Accreditation, Supervision, and Regulation of ART Clinics in India—A Distant Dream? Gautam N. Allahbadia1,2,4 and Kulvinder Kaur3 Submitted March 4, 2003; accepted March 28, 2003 You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Abraham Lincoln INTRODUCTION The development of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) in India began with efforts to create “test tube babies” with in vitro fertilization in the 1980s. But rather than commit public funding to advance such research, the Indian government withheld the use of government funds for research on human embryos, largely as a byproduct of the debate over population control. Without government funding, research on human embryos was outside of government regulation and overs Less