Surrogacy in Ukraine and Georgia – from the UK’s leading surrogacy lawyers
Ukraine and Georgia have legal frameworks supporting surrogacy for heterosexual couples.
Until 2022, Ukraine was the second most popular international surrogacy destination for UK parents, with many agencies offering surrogacy and egg donation services for married couples. Since Russia invaded in February 2022, the UK Foreign Office has advised against engaging in surrogacy in Ukraine, and there are significant risks associated with conceiving a child in a warzone.
Georgia has a similar legal framework (again supporting surrogacy only for heterosexual parents), although there are fewer surrogacy agencies in Georgia and the war in Ukraine has placed considerable strain on the system. Care is needed to follow the Georgian legal requirements carefully, and to navigate surrogacy safely and ethically.
Our Ukraine and Georgia surrogacy content hub gives free information and resources on UK legal issues for intended parents conceiving children through surrogacy in Ukraine or Georgia.
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Latest news about surrogacy in Ukraine and Georgia
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How we can help you with surrogacy in Ukraine or Georgia
Top tier legal advice and representation
NGA Law has extensive experience of supporting parents through surrogacy in Ukraine and Georgia, since the very first Ukraine surrogacy case in 2008. With everything you need in one place, we can help with early UK legal advice, parental order applications, British nationality and passports, wills, and more.
Campaigning and policy work
We have a long history of championing parents through surrogacy. We worked with the UK government and the entire group of British parents expecting babies in Ukraine when the war broke out in 2022, winning emergency measures, and ultimately helping to rescue all 46 British babies to safety. Those families still have a very special place in our hearts.
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