Is surrogacy legal in Portugal?
Banned
Surrogacy is effectively banned as the 2016 law allowing it was suspended after being found unconstitutional in 2018.
Portugal is one of 15 countries classified “Banned” for surrogacy — 33% of the 45 with data.
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Surrogacy laws by country
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- Spain
- Banned Surrogacy is not legal in Spain as renouncement contracts are invalid.
- France
- Banned Surrogacy arrangements are void and illegal in France, with intermediaries facing legal sanctions.
- Ireland
- Unregulated Surrogacy is unregulated in Ireland, with no specific legislation governing the practice.
- Switzerland
- Banned Surrogacy is illegal in Switzerland under the Federal Act on Medically Assisted Reproduction.
- Belgium
- Altruistic only Only altruistic surrogacy is permitted, with parents paying only pregnancy-related expenses.
- United Kingdom
- Altruistic only Altruistic surrogacy is legal, but commercial arrangements are prohibited by the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985.
Other laws in Portugal
- Abortion
- Legal on request
- Suicide Laws
- Not a crime
- FGM Laws
- Specifically banned
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.