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Assisted Reproductive Techniques

A sequence of procedures that involves extracorporeal fertilization of gametes. It includes conventional in vitro insemination and ICSI.

Gamete Donation is a procedure in which a person provides his /her gametes (sperm or oocyte) with the objective of enabling an infertile couple or woman to have a child.

A procedure in which laboratory processed sperm are placed in the uterus to attempt a pregnancy.

A procedure in which a single spermatozoon is injected into the oocyte cytoplasm.

A test performed to analyze the DNA from oocytes (polar bodies) or embryos (cleavage stage or blastocyst) for HLA-typing or for determining genetic abnormalities. These include: PGT for aneuploidies (PGT-A); PGT for monogenic/single gene defects (PGT-M); and PGT for chromosomal structural rearrangements (PGT-SR).

Means a practice whereby one woman bears and gives birth to a child for an intending couple with the intention of handing over such child to the intending couple after the birth.

Means the surrogacy in which no charges, expenses, fees, remuneration or monetary incentive of whatever nature, except the medical expenses and such other prescribed expenses incurred on surrogate mother and the insurance coverage for the surrogate mother, are given to the surrogate mother or her dependents or her representative.