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20-38 year-old women who have at least one child,have given birth no more than three times before, have had a caesarean delivery no more than once, have undergone medical examination by an established order, as a result of which medical contraindications have not been disclosed, have the right to be a surrogate mother.

The woman registered by established order of the legislation of the Republic of Armenia being in marriage can be a surrogate mother by her husband’s consent.

The woman cannot be a surrogate mother, if there is one of the medical contraindications approved by the authorized body of the state government of the health sphere of the Republic of Armenia.

At the same time the surrogate mother cannot be an egg donor. The relations between the persons and the surrogate mothers using assisted reproductive technologies are regulated with contracts in written form, which are subject to notarization.

The surrogate mother has no right to refuse handing over the baby born by her to the person or

spouses, who make use of assisted reproductive technologies, the persons who have signed a contract by the established order of this law.