Is surrogacy legal in Israel?
Commercial legal
Israel legalized commercial surrogacy for same-sex couples, transgender people, and single men.
Israel is one of 5 countries classified “Commercial legal” for surrogacy — 11% 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
- Saudi Arabia
- Banned Saudi Arabia prohibits gestational surrogacy, favoring fertility restoration instead.
- Georgia
- Commercial legal Commercial surrogacy is legal in Georgia, with no recent changes to the law.
- Greece
- Altruistic only Greece permits altruistic surrogacy with legal protection for intended parents.
- Iran
- Commercial legal Surrogacy is legal and popular in Iran, with religious approval since 1999.
- Serbia
- Banned Surrogacy is illegal in Serbia, with a draft law still pending that would ban all forms of surrogacy.
- Ukraine
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ukraine, with no parental rights for surrogate mothers, and surrogacy fully regulated since 2002.
Other laws in Israel
- Abortion
- Legal (broad reasons)
- Euthanasia
- Passive only
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- No specific ban
- Organ Donor Consent
- Opt-in (explicit consent)
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.