Is surrogacy legal in Ukraine?
Altruistic only
Altruistic surrogacy is legal in Ukraine, with no parental rights for surrogate mothers, and surrogacy fully regulated since 2002.
Ukraine is one of 15 countries classified “Altruistic only” for surrogacy — 34% 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.
- Poland
- Unregulated Surrogacy is mostly unregulated in Poland, with the legal mother being the woman who gave birth.
- Serbia
- Banned Surrogacy is illegal in Serbia, with a draft law still pending that would ban all forms of surrogacy.
- Czech Republic
- Unregulated Czech Republic does not legally regulate surrogacy, though it's generally considered legal.
- Greece
- Altruistic only Greece permits altruistic surrogacy with legal protection for intended parents.
- Georgia
- Commercial legal Commercial surrogacy is legal in Georgia, with no recent changes to the law.
Other laws in Ukraine
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- 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.