Legal framework
Our first duty is knowing how to say no.
Advice on cross-border IVF is only worth anything if it stops where the law stops. Here is our policy, stated and dated.
Operating principle
Three cumulative conditions
- An applicable statute governs assisted reproduction in the country of treatment.
- The centre is licensed by the competent local authority and that licence is current.
- Your project is eligible in that jurisdiction given your personal situation, confirmed by a named, dated legal memorandum.
Systematic refusal
What we never support
- — Treatment in a country with no written statutory framework for assisted reproduction.
- — A project that does not meet the access conditions of the country of treatment.
- — Any arrangement designed to circumvent the law of your country of residence.
- — Embryo sex selection without a medical indication.
- — Any payment to donors or third parties beyond what local law permits.
Legislative watch
A dated legal review
Assisted reproduction law changes quickly, and several states have recently amended the access conditions applying to foreign patients. Our destination profiles are reviewed with local counsel. Last review: June 2026.
Parentage
Coming home
The lawfulness of treatment abroad does not by itself settle questions of parentage or recognition in your country of residence. Where the file calls for it, we refer you to a lawyer in your own jurisdiction before departure.
This page is an editorial draft. It must be validated by a lawyer before publication, in particular against the rules on advertising and broking of medical services in your country of establishment.