Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 892-894, June 2010

Legal regulation of assisted reproduction treatment in Russia

  • Konstantin Svitnev

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Reproductive Law and Ethics Research Center, ul. Marksistskaya, d. 3, str. 1, office 317, Moscow 109147, Russia.

Rosjurconsulting, Reproductive Law and Ethics Research Center, Russia

Received 8 October 2009; received in revised form 19 November 2009; accepted 3 March 2010. published online 03 May 2010.

Declaration: The author reports no financial or commercial conflicts of interest.

Abstract 

Russia remains one of the countries with a most favourable approach towards human reproduction in Europe, allowing almost everybody wanting to have a child of their own through assisted reproduction treatment to fulfill their dream. The legal situation around assisted reproduction treatment in Russia is very favourable; surrogacy, gamete and embryo donation are permitted, even on a commercial level. Gestational surrogacy is an option for heterosexual couples and single women, although a court decision might be needed to register a ‘surrogate’ child born to a couple who are not officially married or a single woman. However, it is not explicitly allowed nor prohibited for single men.

Keywords: legislation, reproductive tourism, Russia, single parents, surrogacy

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 Konstantin Svitnev is the General Manager of Rosjurconsulting, the first Russian and International Family and Reproductive Law firm in the Russian Federation. He is founder of the Reproductive Law and Ethics Research Center based in Moscow. His main involvement since 1991 has been reproductive law and the legal challenges and controversies in the area of assisted human reproduction.

PII: S1472-6483(10)00174-4

doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.03.023

Reproductive BioMedicine Online
Volume 20, Issue 7 , Pages 892-894, June 2010

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