Surrogacy arrangements and giving birth as a surrogate mother is not provided for under the Slovenian law. Artificial insemination of a woman is allowed only by using her and her partner’s (genetic parents’) ovum and sperm or a donor’s ovum or sperm from a gamete donor bank. You cannot choose a particular person to be your donor or choose the person who will receive the gamete you have donated.
The birth mother will also be the legally recognized mother of the child, even if she has undergone artificial insemination using a donor’s ovum. It does not, however, restrict the mother’s (or the couple’s) right to give the child up for adoption after birth, consequently losing the legal status of a parent.