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Surrogacy in Georgia: what the law says

Surrogacy in Georgia, the country rather than the US state: a plain summary of the statute, what it leaves open, and why the law of your own country matters more. This page is information only: Geotour does not arrange surrogacy or refer anyone for it.

What Georgian law says about surrogacy

Assisted reproduction is governed by Articles 141–144 of the Law of Georgia on Health Care (No. 1139 of 1997), published on Matsne, Georgia’s official legal gazette. IVF is permitted to treat infertility or the risk of passing on a genetic disease, with the couple’s written consent.

Article 143(1)(b) permits IVF with the embryo carried by another woman (gestational surrogacy) where the woman of the couple has no uterus. Under Article 143(2) the couple are the child’s parents, with the rights and duties that follow, and neither a donor nor the surrogate can be recognised as a parent. Articles 141–144 set no nationality condition.

The 2023 announcement and where it stands

In June 2023 the Georgian government announced that surrogacy would be limited to Georgian citizens.

As of 25 October 2026 that restriction has not been enacted: Articles 141–144 are unchanged in the latest consolidated text of the law on Matsne (version of 15 June 2026), and they contain no citizenship condition. The policy could still change at short notice, so check the current text on Matsne, or ask a lawyer to, before relying on this summary.

What the law does not regulate

The statute says nothing about paying donors or surrogates, donor anonymity, the number of embryos transferred, or the nationality of intended parents. Eligibility therefore comes mostly from clinic practice, not from the law.

Clinics generally accept heterosexual couples who are married or have lived together for at least a year, and exclude same-sex couples and single men from surrogacy. Clinics describe donor anonymity differently, and their rules can change without any change in the law.

Your home country’s law matters more

Georgian law decides what may happen in Georgia. Whether your own country recognises you as the child’s parents, gives the child citizenship and a passport, and treats the arrangement itself as lawful is decided by your home country’s law, and it can be stricter. Some examples, cited to the official text:

United Kingdom: The Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985, section 2, makes it an offence to negotiate or arrange surrogacy on a commercial basis in the UK. The surrogate and the intended parents themselves are excluded from that offence. (UK Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985, section 2)
Germany: The Adoption Placement Act (AdVermiG), § 14b, makes arranging a surrogacy (Ersatzmuttervermittlung) a criminal offence, punished more severely when it is done for gain or as a business. The surrogate and the intended parents are not punished under it. (Germany, Adoption Placement Act (AdVermiG), § 14b)
Spain: Law 14/2006 on assisted human reproduction techniques, Article 10, declares any surrogacy contract void, paid or unpaid, and provides that the legal mother of a child born through surrogacy is the woman who gives birth. A paternity claim by the biological father remains possible. (Spain, Law 14/2006 on assisted human reproduction techniques, Article 10 (BOE))

This list is not complete, and none of it tells you how your country would treat your own case.

Sex selection

Georgia has ratified the Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (the Oviedo Convention), in force for Georgia since 1 March 2001. Its Article 14 bars using assisted reproduction to choose a child’s sex, except to avoid a serious hereditary sex-related disease.

Law text checked on 25 October 2026. This is a summary, not legal advice.