Legal aspects of surrogacy in Ukraine

Surrogacy is legal in Ukraine and is regulated by several legal acts

  • The Civil Code of Ukraine (Article 281) stipulates that an adult woman or man has the right to go through treatment programs of assisted reproductive technologies on medical grounds.
  • The Family Code of Ukraine (Article 123) defines the origin of a child born as a result of the use of assisted reproductive technologies as follows - In the case of transferring into another female body a human embryo conceived by the spouses (a male and a female) as a result of the use of assisted reproductive technologies, the child’s parents are the spouses.
  • Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine № 787 from 09.09.2013 about approval of the procedure for the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Ukraine regulates the medical and organizational steps of surrogacy.

Legal demands for surrogacy in Ukraine 

1.   Intended parents must be officially married to have surrogacy in Ukraine. Surrogacy Is not legal for single man or woman, same sex couples or couples living in a civil marriage.
2.   Intended mother is to have medical reason for the treatment (confirmed by the doctor) like absence of uterus, malformations of uterus or endometrium, any disease that puts carrying the baby at risk, many flailed IVF attempts.
3.   There should be no genetic relation of the baby and the surrogate, so the surrogate can not be an egg donor. There must be a genetic relation  of the child with both or one of intended parents.
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