Associated Press | April 1, 2025
As part of a reform to the civil code, Greece is changing how it defines medical infertility. The change excludes single men and male same-sex couples from having children via surrogacy in Greece.
Surrogacy in Greece: ‘You know they are not your children’
Kathimerini | February 16, 2024
Surrogacy is legal in Greece for intended mothers with a medical need. This article shares Greek regulations around surrogacy along with stories of intended parents and surrogates engaged in the process.
Australian parents reunited with surrogate babies after Greek fertility clinic scanda
Neos Kosmos | December 19, 2023
A fertility clinic in Crete was shut down earlier this year on charges that the clinic coerced women from Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia to become surrogates and egg donors, leaving some babies separated from intended parents amid the investigation.
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Now, some intended parents from Australia have been able to take their children home to Australia, while others are still navigating legal challenges and uncertainties from the clinic to sort out ownership of gametes and embryos.
Concerning shifts in the shrinking world of global surrogacy
Progress Educational Trust | September 25, 2023
With the growing global demand for surrogacy, and a narrowing range of options as countries close their doors to foreigners seeking surrogates, intended parents are finding it increasingly difficult to navigate cross-border surrogacy arrangements in an ethical way.
Australian woman fears Greek surrogacy scandal jeopardises her dream of motherhood
ABC News | September 8, 2023
Many Australian intended parents seek surrogates in other countries because of legal barriers at home, but complex regulations abroad and exploitative practices at some clinics make it difficult to find workable and ethical surrogacy arrangements. After a Greek surrogacy clinic was raided due to charges of human trafficking, Australian intended parents who had arrangements with the clinic face uncertainties about whether they will be able to take home their children.
Will Human Trafficking Surrogacy Charges In Greece Affect The US?
Above the Law | September 6, 2023
Nine medical team workers at one of the most reputable fertility clinics in Crete were arrested for human trafficking: they are accused of bringing impoverished women from other countries to be egg donors and surrogates; buying and selling embryos; and other crimes.
Assisted Reproduction Crime Network in Greece Highlights Need for Monitoring Surrogacy
By Katia Neofytou | BioNews | October 21, 2019
Authorities in Thessaloniki, Greece (where altruistic surrogacy is legal), have arrested at least 20 people involved in an organized crime ring that illegally brokered assisted reproduction activities and reportedly sold children. This article explores the question, “What does this case mean for Greek surrogacy?”