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Surrogacy in Ukraine: Laws, Costs, Process and Providers

What the public record supports now

The Family Code and medical order are relevant, while current eligibility, document chains, and wartime operations need current checks.

Reviewed public record with limits

Last full review: September 1, 2026

5 published sources

5 unresolved checks

Known now

Article 123 of the Family Code addresses parentage when an embryo conceived by spouses through assisted reproductive technology is transferred to another woman, but the exact current eligibility and document chain must be read with medical and registration rules.

Confirm next

Confirm current eligibility rules and documentary requirements with official Ukrainian authorities and a qualified local specialist.

Eight separate facts

At a glance

Evidence status
Reviewed public record with limits
Access
What current eligibility conditions, genetic-link rules, and medical indications apply under the consolidated law and Order No. 787?
Parentage
Article 123 of the Family Code addresses parentage when an embryo conceived by spouses through assisted reproductive technology is transferred to another woman, but the exact current eligibility and document chain must be read with medical and registration rules.
Matching
What current program costs, exclusions, matching times, transfer times, and war-related contingencies are reported?
Program cost
No released program-cost evidence.
IVF cost
A provider publishes USD 22,600–23,300 for a frozen-embryo program. Egg retrieval and embryo creation are outside the listed program; safety, travel, legal, war-risk, and contingency costs require separate review.
Travel and return
Which birth registration, travel-document, border-exit, and home-recognition chain applies to each foreign intended-parent profile?
Principal unresolved check
Confirm current eligibility rules and documentary requirements with official Ukrainian authorities and a qualified local specialist.
Access, family and medical path7 sections

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Who may pursue surrogacy?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: Who may pursue surrogacy?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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How can relationship, marital status, or sexuality affect the route?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: How can relationship, marital status, or sexuality affect the route?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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What carrier eligibility and screening rules apply?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What carrier eligibility and screening rules apply?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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How do clinics, laboratories, and treatment fit into the route?

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What donor-gamete and embryo questions need checking?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What donor-gamete and embryo questions need checking?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

Agreements, parentage and return home5 sections

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What compensation and expense rules apply?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What compensation and expense rules apply?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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How are agreements formed and enforced?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: How are agreements formed and enforced?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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How is parentage and the birth record established?

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Article 123 of the Family Code addresses parentage when an embryo conceived by spouses through assisted reproductive technology is transferred to another woman, but the exact current eligibility and document chain must be read with medical and registration rules.

Sources: [1] Family Code of Ukraine, Article 123

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What nationality, passport, exit, and return-home checks apply?

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Which birth registration, travel-document, border-exit, and home-recognition chain applies to each foreign intended-parent profile?

Next check: Combine current Ukrainian registry and border sources with the relevant embassy and home-country nationality, passport, recognition, and adoption sources.

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What is the typical process?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What is the typical process?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

Costs, matching and providers6 sections

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How does agency selection and matching work?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: How does agency selection and matching work?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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What timelines and delays are reported?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What timelines and delays are reported?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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What surrogacy-program costs are reported?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What surrogacy-program costs are reported?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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What IVF and egg-retrieval costs are reported?

Provider-publishedNeeds current review

A provider publishes USD 22,600–23,300 for a frozen-embryo program. Egg retrieval and embryo creation are outside the listed program; safety, travel, legal, war-risk, and contingency costs require separate review.

Sources: [5] Successful Surrogacy: frozen-embryo program price list

Provider-publishedNeeds current review

One clinic lists EUR 2,500–2,800 for standard IVF/ICSI with a blastocyst-culture option. Medication, testing, freezing, storage, donors, and repeat cycles may be additional.

Sources: [3] IPF Ukraine: IVF and ICSI price list

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What insurance, escrow, tax, and payment controls matter?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What insurance, escrow, tax, and payment controls matter?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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Which providers appear in the reviewed sources?

Provider information is non-ranked. Provider-controlled costs, timelines, and service statements are marked Provider-published.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limitsNot ranked

Generix

agency

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limitsNot ranked

Nova Espero

agency

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limitsNot ranked

Novaparent

agency

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Which active, relocated, suspended, closed, renamed, or merged agencies and clinics form the current provider ecosystem?

Next check: Reconcile medical licenses, company registries, clinic sites, agency sites, and independent reports with dated status events.

Cases, risks, sources and review4 sections

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What documented cases are available?

Research gapNeeds current review

No released evidence currently answers: What documented cases are available?

Next check: Collect current official or independent sources that answer this section for Ukraine.

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What policy changes, enforcement signals, and practical risks are documented?

Source-linked evidenceNeeds current review

A 2026 presidential decree extending martial law is a dated operating-risk signal. It does not by itself establish clinic continuity, travel feasibility, hospital capacity, document processing, evacuation arrangements, or the safety of a particular journey.

Sources: [4] Ukraine President: Decree 342/2026 extending martial law

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What still needs to be confirmed?

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

What current program costs, exclusions, matching times, transfer times, and war-related contingencies are reported?

Next check: Collect dated provider schedules and contracts, separate medical and agency components, and record currency, city, guarantees, refunds, evacuation, and failed-cycle terms.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

What current program costs, exclusions, matching times, transfer times, and war-related contingencies are reported?

Next check: Collect dated provider schedules and contracts, separate medical and agency components, and record currency, city, guarantees, refunds, evacuation, and failed-cycle terms.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

What current eligibility conditions, genetic-link rules, and medical indications apply under the consolidated law and Order No. 787?

Next check: Extract the current Ukrainian text and amendment history, then obtain legal and medical review for each condition.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

What current eligibility conditions, genetic-link rules, and medical indications apply under the consolidated law and Order No. 787?

Next check: Extract the current Ukrainian text and amendment history, then obtain legal and medical review for each condition.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Which birth registration, travel-document, border-exit, and home-recognition chain applies to each foreign intended-parent profile?

Next check: Combine current Ukrainian registry and border sources with the relevant embassy and home-country nationality, passport, recognition, and adoption sources.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Which active, relocated, suspended, closed, renamed, or merged agencies and clinics form the current provider ecosystem?

Next check: Reconcile medical licenses, company registries, clinic sites, agency sites, and independent reports with dated status events.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Which clinics, agencies, hospitals, registries, transport routes, and consular processes are currently operational under wartime conditions?

Next check: Verify each city and provider against current official safety, registry, border, and provider-status sources; date every operational observation.

Source-linked evidenceReviewed public record with limits

Which clinics, agencies, hospitals, registries, transport routes, and consular processes are currently operational under wartime conditions?

Next check: Verify each city and provider against current official safety, registry, border, and provider-status sources; date every operational observation.

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Which sources support this guide and when were they reviewed?

Last full review: September 1, 2026

Review scope: All records selected for this release were included in the completed 2026-09 monthly review.

Release reviewer: Surrogacy101 editorial

  1. Family Code of Ukraine, Article 123

    Publisher
    Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
    Source class
    statute
    Published
    January 10, 2002
    Last checked
    September 1, 2026

    Open source 1: Family Code of Ukraine, Article 123

    Source record details

    Public record ID: source-UA-FAMILY-CODE-123

  2. Procedure for the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Ukraine, Order No. 787

    Publisher
    Ministry of Health of Ukraine via Verkhovna Rada legislation database
    Source class
    regulation
    Published
    September 9, 2013
    Last checked
    September 1, 2026

    Open source 2: Procedure for the use of assisted reproductive technologies in Ukraine, Order No. 787

    Source record details

    Public record ID: source-UA-MOH-ORDER-787

  3. IPF Ukraine: IVF and ICSI price list

    Publisher
    Publisher not listed
    Source class
    provider published
    Published
    Not published
    Last checked
    July 20, 2026

    Open source 3: IPF Ukraine: IVF and ICSI price list

    Source record details

    Public record ID: src-ua-ipf-ivf-price-2026

  4. Ukraine President: Decree 342/2026 extending martial law

    Publisher
    Publisher not listed
    Source class
    government decree
    Published
    Not published
    Last checked
    July 20, 2026

    Open source 4: Ukraine President: Decree 342/2026 extending martial law

    Source record details

    Public record ID: src-ua-martial-law-342-2026

  5. Successful Surrogacy: frozen-embryo program price list

    Publisher
    Publisher not listed
    Source class
    provider published
    Published
    Not published
    Last checked
    July 20, 2026

    Open source 5: Successful Surrogacy: frozen-embryo program price list

    Source record details

    Public record ID: src-ua-successful-surrogacy-frozen-cost-2026

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