Surrogacy UK

If we talk about altruistic surrogacy, it’s legal in the UK and there’s a range of laws that outline the core conditions of such type of a surrogacy arrangement. However, in comparison to other countries supporting surrogacy, the United Kingdom seems to be not so advanced from a legal perspective and thus there are serious blind spots for intended parents who decided to start their surrogacy journey in England.

For instance, the UK surrogacy law doesn’t support commercial surrogacy resulting in the fact that the surrogate mom becomes a legal parent for the newborn. On the other side, there is still a possibility for a surrogate to relinquish her parental rights by issuing the parental order. But if the surrogate mother doesn’t cooperate, the things might remain unchangeable for IPs, unfortunately.

Unless you work with a skillful and experienced lawyer, it will be pretty difficult for you as an intended parent to navigate through legal surrogacy obstacles in the United Kingdom.

There’s a thing concerning surrogacy in the United Kingdom that might strike you: it is seen as a criminal misdeed to speak loudly about making a decision to become a surrogate or actively spreading information that you’re trying to find a surrogate mother.

As an outcome, there are only a few surrogate mothers available across the United Kingdom surrogacy agencies and reproductive centers. In most cases, intended parents are in a long queue waiting for their turn to be matched with an experienced surrogate.

More than that, as we disclosed earlier, the surrogate mother cost in the United Kingdom is covert and not so transparent. According to British surrogacy legislation, the so-called surrogate compensation has a special title “reasonable expenses”, meaning the covered payment for surrogate travel tickets, and certain options of prenatal care, as well as during, and after the pregnancy period.

Surrogacy in the United Kingdom has its pros and cons. And every intended parent bears responsibility for his choice of a surrogacy scenario. But if you wish to avoid pitfalls and receive legal and safety guarantees ― don’t hesitate to refer to World Center of Baby and our medical experts will surely prepare for you a tailor-made surrogacy solution in the most suitable country.