Georgia

In Georgia, lax surrogacy laws have made the country attractive to foreign couples looking to ‘commission’ children. This practice has been critiqued as being exploitative of low income women, local or foreign, who serve as gestational carriers. In Georgia, legal consent from surrogate mothers used to not be required. Surrogate mothers are not listed on birth certificates. This poses obstacles for children born through surrogacy being able to access information about their origins. In 2024, the CRC recommended Georgia strengthen its efforts to ensure children born through surrogacy can access information about their origins.