There are many medical procedures within assisted conception, but one of them that is quite common is AI known as Artificial Insemination. Like most progressive states in the U.S., California has numerous legal issues regarding the application of technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF), donation of ova and sperm, and choice of “desirable” genes. However, the general laws concerning artificial insemination in the state are not limited to the above-mentioned but concern general laws of patient’s rights, medical practice, and even the legal tussle surrounding the use of artificial reproductive technologies.