Is surrogacy legal in the Philippines?
Unregulated
There is no legal framework for surrogacy in the Philippines, and it is prohibited by the Philippine Society of Reproductive Medicine.
The Philippines is one of 10 countries classified “Unregulated” for surrogacy — 23% 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
- Hong Kong
- Banned Commercial surrogacy is criminal in Hong Kong under the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance.
- Malaysia
- Banned Surrogacy is prohibited in Malaysia by a fatwa issued in 2008.
- 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.
- South Korea
- Unregulated South Korea had unregulated surrogacy in the mid-2010s, though commercial aspects became illegal.
- Japan
- Unregulated Japan has no specific surrogacy law; commercial surrogacy is proposed to be banned but remains unregulated.
Other laws in Philippines
- Abortion
- Illegal
- Euthanasia
- Illegal
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- No specific ban
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