Surrogacy in Europe

SURROGACY IN BELGIUM

Surrogacy in Belgium has no legislation, so obviously the child born there is Belgian. However, the law does not allow financial compensation to the surrogate. Any contract signed between the parents and the surrogate is null and void. Recently, the Belgian authorities have instructed their consulates not to register children born through surrogacy.

SURROGACY IN CYPRUS

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SURROGACY IN CZECH REPUBLIC

Some surrogacy agencies carry out their surrogacy processes in this country. There is no legislation allowing surrogacy in the Czech Republic, so once again we are in the realm of legal loopholes and shadows. However, despite the fact that there is no specific legislation, commercial surrogacy, i.e. paying the surrogate mother, is prohibited.

However, in 2022, the Prague registry office stopped registering children born through surrogacy. When the registry office is contacted, the police are notified by the registry, who question intended parents and the surrogate mother separately. Some agencies recommend lying to the registry, which can lead to a crime of misrepresentation before a public official.

The police intervened in this matter, with the arrest of several doctors involved in the process, which came to be called OPERATION SPANIEL. For all these reasons, this type of program is not recommended.

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We must understand that the parents commit two offenses:
a) Lying to a public official when the surrogate woman is passed off as his girlfriend.
b) Falsification of public documents, when they make a statement before a notary and they say that the process has been altruistic, and the pregnant woman does not charge anything.

Since the pregnant woman will inevitably appear on the birth certificate, she must relinquish the child so that later in the country of destination the parents can initiate the process of affiliation or adoption by the second spouse depending on the country. But no Czech notary accepts to draw up such a document since you cannot relinquish a baby with a simple notarial act.

The agencies also require a document from the parents, stating that it is an altruistic gestation, (the falsity in a public document before a notary is a crime) which is obviously uncertain, and can lead us to a crime of false documentation.

For all these reasons, this kind of programs are not recommended and if you decide to do it in this country, you must be aware and assume the possible risks that we warn you about in this website.

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Surrogacy in Europe

Surrogacy in Europe

Surrogate mother in Europe

Surrogate mother in Europe