HIV + men can become father?

It was reported in the media that HIV+ men can father a child by using Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART), also known as infertility treatment. The technique, established by testing it on over a thousand couples, claims virtually zero percent risk of transferring the virus to the mother and the child.

It is true that every married couple would like to have their own child and it is really unfortunate for the wife to discover that the husband is HIV positive, and virtually it is not recommended having a child of their own by natural process of conceiving.

But, what about the risk involved in the procedure? Whether the national medical authorities will study the issue and give clear-cut instructions with regards to the possibility of the virus not getting “washed out” in the procedure. Can the procedure be called as 100% safe? Governments, world over are spending billions of dollars on controlling the spread of AIDS. Under the circumstances, it is in the interest of world community that appropriate regulations/protocols should be brought out by the national medical councils or the responsible agencies to educate the public about the risks involved, including medico-legal issues in the procedure. Let us not permit a few of the so-called specialists exploit financially and emotionally the desperate HIV-hit couples promising them healthy babies of their own.