Surrogacy Access Timeline.

The 2026 consultation proposed parental orders for surrogacy under a 90-year-old registration law.

Hawaii adopted the 2017 Uniform Parentage Act surrogacy rules for one or two intended parents of any sex, in force from January 2026.

The government confirmed in 2026 that surrogacy has no specific legal framework.

Family Code framework.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

No statute regulates or prohibits surrogacy; this is the family law under which the woman who gives birth is the mother and parentage is decided.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

Law 1687 of 30 December 2024, in force 1 January 2025, created approved altruistic surrogacy agreements with parentage for couples of any sex and single people.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The 2025 decree bars assisted reproduction for surrogacy in the Faroes.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The Danish minister confirmed that the surrogacy parentage rules are not yet in force for Greenland.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

Full commencement of the 2024 Act awaited a further amendment bill at the end of 2025.

From 24 November 2025 Jersey law provides Parental Orders after surrogacy for couples of any sex and single parents.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The government warned in May 2025 that surrogacy is prosecuted as trafficking under article 215 of the Criminal Code.

The Massachusetts Parentage Act regulated surrogacy in gender-neutral terms.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act took effect, permitting surrogacy in gender-neutral terms.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

Amendments to the Children's Law Act were assented to but await commencement.

S.B. 163 prescribed requirements for gestational surrogacy and parentage.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

Glover v Junior recognised intent-based parentage.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

Article 35 of Law No. 7-2025 banned surrogacy.

Law No. 026/2025 created a regulated surrogacy route for spouses and diagnosed individuals.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

Constitutional Act 255/2025 banned surrogacy agreements.

The 2025 amendment of the Infertility Treatment Act did not create a surrogacy route.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The proclamation, published in May 2025, limits technology-assisted reproduction to lawfully married spouses using their own reproductive cells, without donation.

The new Civil Code took effect in 2025 and defines the mother as the woman who gives birth or adopts.

The 2025 guideline confirmed that surrogacy is prohibited.

Decree No. 207/2025/NĐ-CP set the current conditions for altruistic surrogacy for married couples from 1 October 2025.

The Inclusive Yukon Families Act received assent, with parentage changes to follow in phases.

Government Regulation No. 28 of 2024 barred placing embryos in another woman's womb.

A 2024 draft law proposed limiting surrogacy to married heterosexual couples.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The 2024 amendment to article 12(1) limited couple use of assisted reproduction to registered marriages and opened it to unmarried individuals.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Parentage (Surrogacy) Amendment Act 2024 rewrote the surrogacy provisions, keeping the route open to one or two intended parents of any sex.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

A provincial court convicted women who acted as surrogates for payment of attempted cross-border human trafficking; Cambodia has no surrogacy law.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

Rulings T-127 and T-232 of 2024 set criteria for surrogacy and urged Congress to legislate.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed a further challenge to section 294 in KB v Minister of Social Development.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Court of Cassation confirmed in October 2024 that foreign surrogacy judgments are tested against French public policy because no domestic route exists.

The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed a further challenge to section 294 in KB v Minister of Social Development.

The Court of Cassation confirmed in October 2024 that foreign surrogacy judgments are tested against French public policy because no domestic route exists.

The Court of Cassation confirmed in October 2024 that foreign surrogacy judgments are tested against French public policy because no domestic route exists.

No statute regulates or prohibits surrogacy; this is the family law under which the woman who gives birth is the mother and parentage is decided.

The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed a further challenge to section 294 in KB v Minister of Social Development.

The 2024 law confirmed that only a union of a man and a woman is recognised, which governs who is a couple for surrogacy.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Danish Children Act was put into force for Greenland without the later surrogacy rules.

The Court of Cassation confirmed in October 2024 that foreign surrogacy judgments are tested against French public policy because no domestic route exists.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

Government Regulation No. 28 of 2024 barred placing embryos in another woman's womb.

Law 169/2024 extended the surrogacy offence to Italian citizens acting abroad.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Parentage (Surrogacy) Amendment Act 2024 rewrote the surrogacy provisions, keeping the route open to one or two intended parents of any sex.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Amendment Rules 2024 allowed a donor gamete for couples with a certified medical condition.

The Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed a further challenge to section 294 in KB v Minister of Social Development.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.

The Supreme Court held that the person who gives birth is always a legal parent, so a surrogacy agreement cannot displace the carrier.