New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice in a petition challenging the law that imposes a blanket ban on embryo adoption in India.

Embryo adoption is a process in which a cryopreserved embryo created through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) by one couple is voluntarily donated to another woman or couple for gestation and childbirth.

Sections 25(2), 27(5), 28(2) of the law in question, the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, prohibit altruistic, voluntary and consent-based donations of pre-existing frozen embryos for adoption by another infertile couple.

Additionally, Rule 13(1)(a) of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Regulation) Rules, 2022, excludes the possibility of embryo adoption by third parties b...