By Abayomi Ajayi
In Nigeria’s rapidly expanding fertility sector, Assisted Reproductive Technology has advanced at remarkable speed, but the law hasn’t kept pace. Across the country, fertility clinics now offer IVF, embryo freezing, donor programmes and gestational surrogacy, giving thousands of couples renewed hope of becoming parents. Yet behind every successful surrogacy arrangement lies an uncomfortable reality: Nigeria has no comprehensive national law regulating the practice.
As more couples embrace assisted reproduction, legal experts say the absence of clear legislation is no longer a technical concern. It has become an urgent issue affecting intending parents, surrogate mothers, healthcare providers and, above all, children born through these arrangements.
Surrogacy is widely regarded as one of the most significant advances in reproductive medicine. It enables women who cannot safely carry a pregnancy because of congenital abnormalities, serious medical conditions, recurrent pregnancy loss or a previous hysterectomy to have genetically related children.
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