<P> Ukrainian legislation allows intended parents to carry on a surrogacy program and their names will be on Birth certificate of the child born as a result of the surrogacy program from the very beginning . The child is considered to be legally "belonging" to the prospective parents from the very moment of conception . The surrogate's name is never listed on the birth certificate . The surrogate can't keep the child after the birth . Even if a donation program took place and there is no biological relation between the child and the intended mother, their names will be on Birth certificate (Clause 3 of article 123 of the Family Code of Ukraine). </P> <P> Embryo research is also allowed, gamete and embryo donation permitted on a commercial level . Single women can be treated by known or anonymous donor insemination . Gestational surrogacy is an option for officially married couples and single women . There is no such concept as gay / lesbian marriage in Ukraine, meanwhile such patients can be treated as single women / men . </P> <P> Commercial surrogacy arrangements are not legal in the United Kingdom . Such arrangements were prohibited by the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 . Whilst it is illegal in the UK to pay more than expenses for a surrogacy, the relationship is recognised under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 . Regardless of contractual or financial consideration for expenses, surrogacy arrangements are not legally enforceable so a surrogate mother maintains the legal right of determination for the child, even if they are genetically unrelated . Unless a parental order or adoption order is made, the surrogate mother remains the legal mother of the child . </P> <P> Surrogacy and its attendant legal issues fall under state jurisdiction and the legal situation for surrogacy varies greatly from state to state . Some states have written legislation, while others have developed common law regimes for dealing with surrogacy issues . Some states facilitate surrogacy and surrogacy contracts, others simply refuse to enforce them, and some penalize commercial surrogacy . Surrogacy friendly states tend to enforce both commercial and altruistic surrogacy contracts and facilitate straightforward ways for the intended parents to be recognized as the child's legal parents . Some relatively surrogacy friendly states only offer support for married heterosexual couples . Generally, only gestational surrogacy is supported and traditional surrogacy finds little to no legal support . </P>

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