In the current legal framework of the Czech Republic, the process of adopting a child, which is the starting point of the entire surrogacy procedure, is usually carried out by a woman from the intended couple (the man from the couple is the genetic father of the child), and follows a non-commercial, so-called altruistic form. An opposite approach could be qualified as a criminal offense.However, what the commissioning parents agree upon with the surrogate mother is in a grey area, and it is impossible to prevent their specific agreements, which could turn surrogacy into quite a profitable business. For comparison, Ukraine officially allows the commercial form, so surrogate mothers from Ukraine can be reimbursed not only for the costs associated with pregnancy, childbirth, and recovery but also for compensation beyond these expenses.
ERDŐSOVÁ, A.: Aká je „cena“ náhradného materstva a ako je to s altruizmom darcovstva a suverenitou štátov pri úprave otázok surogačného materstva?; Justičná revue, 77, 2025, č. 4, s. 391 – 403.
Kľúčové slová: surogácia, surogačná matka, komerčná/altruistická forma, komercializácia, suverenita štátu, „súdny aktivizmus“, Európsky súd pre ľudské práva.
Keywords: surrogacy, surrogate mother, commercial/altruistic form, commercialization, state sovereignty, “judicial activism”, European Court of Human Rights.
Právne predpisy/legislation: Dohovor o ochrane detí a o spolupráci pri medzištátnych osvojeniach; zákon č. 576/2004 Z. z. o zdravotnej starostlivosti, službách súvisiacich s poskytovaním zdravotnej starostlivosti a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov; Dohovor o ochrane ľudských práv a základných slobôd.