Is surrogacy legal in Spain?
Commercial legal
Spain does not allow surrogacy domestically but permits it in other countries where it is legal.
Spain 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
- Portugal
- Altruistic only Portugal allows surrogacy for heterosexual and lesbian couples under certain conditions, though parts of the law were suspended in 2018.
- France
- Banned France declares all surrogacy arrangements void under the Civil Code since 1994.
- Switzerland
- Banned Switzerland bans surrogacy, with penalties for clinicians and those arranging it, though surrogate mothers are still legal parents.
- Belgium
- Altruistic only Belgium allows only altruistic surrogacy, where intended parents pay only for related expenses, though there is no legal framework for the process.
- Italy
- Banned Surrogacy is prohibited in Italy under criminal law with penalties for violations.
- Ireland
- Unregulated Ireland has no specific law governing surrogacy, with only guidelines for Irish nationals abroad.
Other laws in Spain
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Euthanasia
- Euthanasia legal
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
- Organ Donor Consent
- Opt-out (presumed 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.