Introduction

CZECH REPUBLIC: ASSISTED REPRODUCTION WITH DONORS

The country neither legalizes, regulates, nor prohibits couples from applying and undergoing surrogacy treatments. Based on these principles, Surrogacy 365 has developed, in collaboration with clinics and local legal experts, a safe protocol for Assisted Reproduction with donors in the Czech Republic combined with a Surrogacy Contract with a Ukrainian Surrogate, in order to offer another viable and safe alternative within the framework of “Cross Border Surrogacy”. All family models can access it, making it the most popular and accessible European destination for same-sex couples.

Gestational Surrogacy

Reproductive Medicine with donors in the Czech Republic.

Legislation:

Law No. 373/2011 on Specific Medical Services establishes that a woman can undergo artificial insemination using gametes donated by an anonymous donor. An anonymous donor can only be a woman over 18 and under 35 years of age. The donor must not be a person deprived of legal capacity or with restricted legal capacity.

Egg donation is anonymous, voluntary and free in the Czech Republic. Our donors are young women under 34 years of age who meet the criteria determined by Czech legislation, the European Directive on Tissues and strict criteria and guidelines on oocyte donation from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, vol.77, n. 6, suppl.5, June 2002.

All donors are subject to strict gynecological, endocrinological and genetic tests. They are also repeatedly tested for sexually transmitted diseases (HIV, syphilis, hepatitis, chlamydia, cytomegalovirus). Only donors who pass all these tests are included in our database.

The Conference aimed at Legalizing Alternative Methods for Human Reproduction, that is, cases requiring Surrogacy, was held on June 5, 2009, in the city of Konopiste, Czech Republic.

As explicitly agreed among the experts, these methods can only be used according to specific medical indications (such as uterine damage or agenesis, heart disease, etc., since any of these diseases could represent a threat to the health of a pregnant mother, the fetus or both) but not for the benefit of women who use it as a resource for any social reason: unwillingness to end their career, fear of childbirth, etc.

The ethical dilemmas related to the issue of Surrogacy in the Czech Republic create space for legislation and to try to find a solution that allows avoiding all risks and highlighting a series of positive aspects on the other side.

Czech legislation is trying to find this solution and although there are few proven children born through surrogacy in the Czech Republic, the entire surrogacy process still continues in a legal vacuum for the moment.

The only obstacle to the application of this Reproductive Medicine method is that there are no laws yet approved in the Czech Republic that regulate the legal aspects of surrogacy.

The country neither legalizes, permits, nor prohibits couples from applying and undergoing surrogacy treatments. Based on these principles, Surrogacy 365 has developed, in collaboration with clinics and local legal experts, a safe protocol for Assisted Reproduction with donors in the Czech Republic combined with a Surrogacy Contract with a Ukrainian Surrogate, in order to offer another viable and safe alternative within the framework of “Cross Border Surrogacy”.

Action Protocols

Approximate costs. FIXED PRICES upon signing the corresponding contracts.

Action protocols in the Czech Republic. Approximate amounts, including one embryo transfer.

1) “Czech Republic IVF Own material + Birth in Kiev”.

This alternative is for married heterosexual couples who wish to undergo IVF with their own genetic material at a Czech Republic Clinic + embryo transfer in the Czech Republic to a Ukrainian Surrogate, who then returns to Ukraine to carry the pregnancy until the birth of the baby in Kiev, Ukraine.

2) “Czech Republic IVF + Egg Donation + Birth in Kiev”.

This alternative is for married heterosexual couples who wish to undergo IVF with egg donation, at a Czech Republic Clinic + embryo transfer in the Czech Republic to a Ukrainian Surrogate, who then returns to Ukraine to carry the pregnancy until the birth of the baby in Kiev, Ukraine.

3) “Czech Republic IVF + Egg Donation + Birth in Prague”.

This alternative is for single men and gay couples, who need IVF with egg donation, at a Czech Republic Clinic + embryo transfer in the Czech Republic to a Ukrainian Surrogate, who then returns to Ukraine to carry the pregnancy until month 7, when she returns to the Czech Republic to settle there until the date of birth of the baby in Prague.

4) “Czech Republic Frozen Embryos + Birth in Kiev”.

This alternative is for married heterosexual couples who already have vitrified embryos at their local clinic and wish to send them to the Czech Republic to perform the embryo transfer there to a Ukrainian Surrogate, who then returns to Ukraine to carry the pregnancy until the birth of the baby in Kiev, Ukraine.

5) “Czech Republic Frozen Embryos + Prague Birth”.

This alternative is for single men and gay couples, who already have vitrified embryos at their local clinic and wish to send them to the Czech Republic to perform the embryo transfer there to a Ukrainian Surrogate, who then returns to Ukraine to carry the pregnancy until month 7, when she returns to the Czech Republic to settle there until the date of birth of the baby in Prague.