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Surrogacy
Gestational surrogacy refers to the carrying and giving birth to a child (including premature births) under a gestational surrogacy agreement, concluded between a surrogate mother (a woman who carries a pregnancy after the transfer of a donor embryo) and potential parents, whose gametes were used for fertilization, for whom carrying and giving birth to a child is impossible due to medical indications1.
Gestational surrogacy refers to the carrying and giving birth to a child (including premature births) under an agreement concluded between a surrogate mother (a woman who carries a pregnancy after the transfer of a donor embryo) and potential parents, whose gametes were used for fertilization, or a single woman, for whom carrying and giving birth to a child is impossible due to medical indications2.
Federal Law of November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ "On the Basics of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation", as amended on May 9, 2023, Article 55, paragraph 9 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2011. No. 48. Item 6724. ↩
Federal Law of November 21, 2011 No. 323-FZ "On the Basics of Health Protection of Citizens in the Russian Federation", as amended on June 25, 2012, Article 55, paragraph 9 // Official Gazette of the Russian Federation. 2011. No. 48. Item 6724. ↩