Fertility Clinics in Greece

Greece is one of Europe's most permissive IVF destinations. Anonymous egg and sperm donation is legal, and donor IVF costs approximately $6,500–$9,500 USD — well below comparable treatment in the UK, Australia, or the United States. Greece's governing law, L. 3305/2005, explicitly permits single women and heterosexual couples to access assisted reproduction; same-sex female couples face legal ambiguity and are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Most major clinics are concentrated in Athens, with Mediterranean Fertility Institute operating in Crete and offering the full range of services including surrogacy. Greece draws significant international patient volumes from the UK, Ireland, Australia, and the USA, many seeking legal surrogacy within an EU regulatory framework.

Surrogacy is legal in Greece under strict conditions: it must be altruistic (no commercial payment), court-approved before the procedure, and gestational only — making Greece one of very few EU member states where surrogacy is permitted at all. The surrogate must be a different person from the egg donor, and the intended mother (or a female intended parent) must have a medical reason preventing her from carrying a pregnancy. This combination of accessible donor programmes, reasonable costs, and a legitimate legal route to surrogacy makes Greece a uniquely attractive destination for international fertility patients.