An increasing number of couples from Western countries are heading to India to adopt. But they're adopting embryos, rather than babies that have already been born. When multiple embryos are produced during IVF, the unused embryos are frozen and stored. Many Indian women have agreed to allow the embryos to be adopted rather than being frozen indefinitely or destroyed altogether.

"Unlike traditional adoption, the couple does not have to go through a legal process to adopt, but through medical treatment. This means that the couple "biologically adopts" the embryo."

Current Indian law states that the birth mother and her husband are the legal parents of the child, though the law doesn't specifically address embryo adoption. Read more online.

Posted By: Lori S