Analytical note on the issues of comparative legislation on the regulation of surrogacy in the EU and the USA

Abstract. The policy brief contains the results of a comparative study of surrogacy legislation in the EU Member States and the United States. The author points out the conceptual differences in approaches to the regulation of relations related to the use of reproductive technologies - surrogacy. The author examines the peculiarities of legislative support for the surrogacy process in accordance with the laws and regulations of Greece, Ireland, Cyprus, Portugal, and the States of Washington and Oklahoma (USA). Attention is paid to the contractual relations regarding surrogacy, the rights and obligations of intended parents and surrogate mother, and measures of state control over the surrogacy process.

Key words: assisted reproductive technologies, surrogacy, gestational carrier, surrogacy agreement, genetic parents, state control measures.

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03/2025