IVF in Europe — Who Can Access Treatment (Quick Guide)

IVF in Europe — Who Can Access Treatment

A simple, country-by-country view of eligibility for IVF/ICSI

Quick scan the map of access: see where heterosexual couples, female couples, single women, and male couples can receive IVF/ICSI — and where embryo donation is allowed. Use the search box to jump straight to a country.

Eligibility by Country

Country	ART Law?	Hetero Couples	Female Couples	Single Women	Male Couples	Embryo Donation Allowed?
Albania	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Armenia	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Austria	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	Partly
Belarus	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌
Belgium	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Bosnia & Herzegovina — Fed	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Bosnia & Herzegovina — Rep	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Bulgaria	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌
Croatia	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	Partly
Cyprus	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Czech Republic	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
Denmark	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Estonia	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Finland	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
France	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Georgia	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Germany	✔️	✔️	✔️*	✔️*	❌	❌
Greece	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Hungary	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Iceland	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Ireland	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️***	✔️
Italy	✔️	✔️**	❌	❌	❌	❌
Kazakhstan	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Latvia	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Lithuania	✔️	✔️**	❌	❌	❌	✔️**
Luxembourg	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Malta	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Montenegro	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	Partly
Norway	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Poland	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
Portugal	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Republic of Moldova	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Republic of North Macedonia	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Romania	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Serbia	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	Partly
Slovakia	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Slovenia	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Spain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	Partly
Sweden	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Switzerland	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
The Netherlands	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Turkey	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
UK	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Ukraine	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️

* Germany: Not possible in some areas. ** Lithuania/Italy: access limited to married or registered couples. *** Ireland: no legal prohibition for male couples, but the service is not performed.

Source: The European IVF-Monitoring Consortium (EIM) for ESHRE; Calhaz-Jorge C. et al., “Survey on ART