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Virani suggests that a regulatory board or authority Virani suggests that a regulatory board or authorityshould ensure that licences for assisted reproduction clinicsare given out selectively and these are monitored rigorously. "Maliciously, strangers posing as baby-makers in somefertility clinics, who pretend to care for her as long as shepays, make women feel like failures. All that grief; where isit going when filtered through the womb. Will it ingest herwith depression, fill her with cancers when none is in herlineage," she asks. Penguin Random House India Associate Publisher UdayanMitra says, "We are pleased to publish such a path-breakingbook on assisted reproduction as much for its largerimplications, both cultural and ethical, than those who buyinto it perceive. It was time for a searing argument aboutwhy, and how, repro tech has socio-political ramifications notonly on women but also their families, societies, countries. "The book is also quite brilliantly structured as thechapters follow the biological process, thereby taking eventhe uninitiated reader through it seamlessly. This – and thedata, insights and human stories which have standout value –should appeal universally to readers of all ages regardless ofgender." The book, which will hit stores next month, also discussesfatherhood-by-choice and carries a special section for singlewomen besides a meticulously compiled fertility workup forcouples. PTI ZMNANS