{
  "id": 678757,
  "title": "MP Kuzminykh proposes restricting certain assisted reproductive technology for foreigners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/mp-kuzminykh-proposes-restricting-certain-assisted-reproductive",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T16:14:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Interfax-Ukraine",
    "slug": "interfax-ukraine",
    "url": "https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1192696.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Serhiy Kuzminykh, a member of Ukraine's Parliamentary Committee on Public Health, Medical Care, and Health Insurance, has introduced two bills aiming to restrict assisted reproductive technology (ART) for foreigners and stateless individuals. The proposed legislation would ban the use of ART for benefits of non-Ukrainian residents and impose criminal liability for performing or organizing such procedures benefiting foreigners.\n\nUnder the proposed legislation, ART permission would be granted only if both spouses (or one spouse) are Ukrainian citizens who have resided permanently in Ukraine for at least three years prior to the contract. Additionally, the state registration of a child born to a surrogate mother would require presenting documents confirming the Ukrainian citizenship of at least one genetic parent. Kuzminykh's bill also stipulates that an adopted child's existence or a surrogacy agreement does not justify extending a foreign national's stay or obtaining a residence permit in Ukraine.\n\nHealthcare facilities would be required to verify the citizenship of potential genetic parents before initiating surrogacy procedures. Kuzminykh argues that these measures will help eliminate illegal child removal schemes disguised as surrogacy programs. Another bill introduced by Kuzminykh proposes criminal penalties for performing or organizing ART procedures for foreign nationals, with sentences ranging from three to eight years in prison. Repeated offenses or conspiracies to exploit foreign nationals could result in five to eight years of imprisonment and property confiscation.\n\nKuzminykh highlights that Ukraine has been a leader in the European and global assisted reproductive technology market, particularly in surrogacy, over the past decade. However, the lack of comprehensive criminal regulation poses systemic threats to national interests, demographic security, and the protection of children's and women's rights in difficult circumstances. Overcrowding the bill, Kuzminykh notes that free infertility treatment (in vitro fertilization) attracted fewer than 2,000 Ukrainian women in 2024, compared to 6,924 in 2025 and 6,290 as of August 2026, with 1,885 women confirming their pregnancies.",
  "summary": "A member of the Parliamentary Committee on Public Health, Medical Care, and Health Insurance Serhiy Kuzminykh proposes banning the use of assisted reproductive technology (ART) for the benefit of foreigners and stateless persons, as well as introducing criminal liability for the use of such technologies or the organization of ART procedures for the benefit of foreigners.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}