Review dossier on certain aspects of the legal regulation of the use of assisted reproductive technologies in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, China and Japan

Research Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
27 October 2025, 15:15

Abstract. This review dossier is devoted to issues of legal regulation of the use of assisted reproductive technologies in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, China and Japan. It focuses on key aspects of permitted and prohibited practices in the field of embryos and surrogacy. It analyses legal approaches to the recognition and granting of legal status to children born through surrogacy programmes outside the country.

Key words: assisted reproductive technologies, surrogacy, embryo, infertility, ethical standards, child, adoption.

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