Is surrogacy legal in Malaysia?
Banned
Surrogacy is prohibited in Malaysia by a fatwa issued in 2008.
Malaysia is one of 12 countries classified “Banned” for surrogacy — 27% 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
- Philippines
- Unregulated There is no legal framework for surrogacy in the Philippines, and it is prohibited by the Philippine Society of Reproductive Medicine.
- Vietnam
- Altruistic only Vietnam allows altruistic surrogacy for married couples with specific conditions, effective from 2015.
- Thailand
- Altruistic only Thailand bans foreign commercial surrogacy but allows Thai residents to have altruistic arrangements.
- Hong Kong
- Banned Commercial surrogacy is criminal in Hong Kong under the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance.
- Australia
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Australia, while commercial surrogacy is criminalized.
- South Korea
- Unregulated South Korea had unregulated surrogacy in the mid-2010s, though commercial aspects became illegal.
Other laws in Malaysia
- Abortion
- Legal (limited)
- 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.