Surrogacy In Ukraine

With each year, surrogacy is increasingly more commonly used by couples to resolve problems arising from reproductive dysfunctions of different types, which lead to impossibility to conceive and give birth to a child in a natural way. It is not surprising that in today's day and age, progressive parents turn to science to help them build a family. Fortunately, Ukraine is a very liberal country in this regard. Below we analyze the current situation with surrogacy in Ukraine from both practical and legal viewpoints.

The first surrogate pregnancy took place in Ukraine in 1991, but detailed statistics reporting the number of children conceived artificially by surrogate mothers are practically unavailable. Clinics do not disclose this information, referring to medical confidentiality principle. The issues of legal support and protection of rights of children born to surrogate mothers are supervised by the Ukrainian Association of Reproductive Medicine. The largest medical