Is surrogacy legal in Poland?
Unregulated
Surrogacy is mostly unregulated in Poland, with the legal mother being the woman who gave birth.
Poland 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
- Slovakia
- Banned Slovakia banned all surrogacy arrangements, including commercial and altruistic, as of 2025.
- Czech Republic
- Unregulated Czech Republic does not legally regulate surrogacy, though it's generally considered legal.
- Germany
- Banned Germany prohibits all surrogacy arrangements, both commercial and altruistic.
- Ukraine
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ukraine, with no parental rights for surrogate mothers, and surrogacy fully regulated since 2002.
- Serbia
- Banned Surrogacy is illegal in Serbia, with a draft law still pending that would ban all forms of surrogacy.
- Netherlands
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal in the Netherlands, but commercial surrogacy is illegal.
Other laws in Poland
- Abortion
- Legal (limited)
- Euthanasia
- Illegal
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
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.