Is surrogacy legal in Greece?
Altruistic only
Greece permits altruistic surrogacy with legal protection for intended parents.
Greece is one of 15 countries classified “Altruistic only” for surrogacy — 34% of the 44 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 7 July 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Serbia
- Banned Surrogacy is illegal in Serbia, with a draft law still pending that would ban all forms of surrogacy.
- Italy
- Banned Surrogacy is prohibited in Italy under criminal law with penalties for violations.
- Slovakia
- Banned Slovakia banned all surrogacy arrangements, including commercial and altruistic, as of 2025.
- Ukraine
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ukraine, with no parental rights for surrogate mothers, and surrogacy fully regulated since 2002.
- Czech Republic
- Unregulated Czech Republic does not legally regulate surrogacy, though it's generally considered legal.
- Poland
- Unregulated Surrogacy is mostly unregulated in Poland, with the legal mother being the woman who gave birth.
Other laws in Greece
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- No specific ban
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.