Surrogacy in Georgia

Surrogacy in Georgia – Statutory, Inclusive & Parentage-Friendly

Georgia offers a favorable legal environment for gestational surrogacy, with clear regulations that support intended parents and surrogates. This guide outlines the surrogacy process in Georgia, detailing licensing requirements, legal agreements, FDA standards, costs, timelines, and the step-by-step journey from consultation to homecoming.

Who This Guide Is For

Individuals comparing surrogacy programs and seeking a compliance-focused checklist to avoid delays and surprises.

Why Surrogacy4All Leads in Georgia

Surrogacy4All is a physician-led program that places licensing and FDA compliance at the center of every step. Our model is built around three pillars:

Compliance First: Adherence to Georgia's legal requirements, FDA-registered clinics, independent escrow, and written protocols.
Clinical Quality: Evidence-based protocols, clear embryo strategy (including PGT-A when appropriate), and careful monitoring.
Whole-Journey Support: Surrogate wellness, mental-health resources, timely legal filings, and weekly case management updates for intended parents.

Quick wins you’ll feel: fewer hand-offs, fewer surprises, faster filings, and a calmer pregnancy for your surrogate—because we sequence legal, medical, and insurance work in parallel, not in slow serial order.

Licensing & FDA: What “Good” Looks Like in Georgia

1) Licensing & Registration

State Oversight: Clinics providing surrogacy services must obtain a special state license to conduct the program. These clinics are also required to have international certification for quality control of the services provided.
Corporate Proof: Articles of organization plus any DBA/assumed-name certificates.
Independent Escrow: Client funds held by a third-party escrow provider with monthly statements.

2) FDA Standards (21 CFR Part 1271)

Costs & Timelines

Costs vary with embryo readiness, insurance, and medical complexity. Expect a transparent, line-item budget that distinguishes agency, legal, escrow, clinical, and surrogate-related expenses. Typical journey length in Georgia is 15–24 months from intake to birth. Parallel processing (legal, insurance, screening) can shorten timelines by several weeks.

Agency & Case Management: Fixed fee with clear inclusions/exclusions.
Surrogate Compensation & Benefits: Base compensation, allowances, travel, and wellness benefits paid via escrow.
Clinical Care: Screening, IVF/transfer cycles, medications, monitoring, OB hand-off.
Legal: Contracts for both sides, parentage filings, pre-birth order preparation.
Insurance: Surrogate medical policy, newborn coverage, policy riders if needed.

Step-by-Step The Georgia Journey

Step 1

Consult & Readiness

Define goals, budget, timeline, and legal domicile.

Step 2

Compliance Check

Verify licensing, FDA partners, and escrow details upfront.

Step 3

Clinical Onboarding

Embryo plan (use existing embryos or create), infectious disease labs, medical review.

Step 4

Surrogate Matching

Values-aligned match; expectations on communication, selective reduction, delivery hospital.

Step 5

Legal Contracts

Independent counsel; finalize before medications.

Step 6

Medication & Transfer

Evidence-based protocol; monitoring; embryo transfer at FDA-registered clinic.

Step 7

Pregnancy Support

OB transition; wellness resources; regular case updates; payments via escrow.

Step 8

Parentage

Pre-birth order strategy and filings; hospital plan.

Step 9

Delivery & Homecoming

Discharge with parentage documents ready; newborn insurance and pediatric follow-up.

Surrogate Screening & Support

Medical: OB history review, uterine assessment, labs, medication tolerance.
Psychological: Mental-health evaluation and readiness for third-party reproduction.
Background & Social Review: Safety checks and home-environment assessment.
Wellness: Nutrition, sleep, movement, stress support; appointment logistics and travel coordination.

Legal in Georgia: CPSA in Practice

Under Georgia’s legal framework, compensated gestational surrogacy is permitted with explicit protections for the surrogate and the intended parents. You should expect:

Independent Counsel for All Parties: With specific reproductive law experience.
Comprehensive Agreements: Covering medical decision-making, expenses, and expectations.
Pre-Birth Orders: In many counties during the third trimester, establishing legal parentage.
Hospital Plan: Coordinated in advance with L&D and counsel.

Case Study

From Match to Baby in 15 Months

A single intended mother with embryos stored at an FDA-registered clinic. After compliance checks, she matched with a surrogate in 6 weeks. Contracts finalized within 30 days. First transfer was successful. A pre-birth order was granted in the second trimester. She left the hospital with her baby 48 hours after delivery—smoothly, thanks to parallel processing of legal, insurance, and medical steps.

Surrogacy in Georgia