The National Assembly in Kenya has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill, 2022, establishing a legal framework for fertility treatments, surrogacy, and reproductive health. This historic legislation aims to safeguard the rights of parents, surrogates, and children while outlawing exploitative commercial surrogacy.

• The Bill provides a regulatory framework for fertility treatments such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF), intrauterine insemination, gamete and embryo donation, and surrogacy.
• Speaker Moses Wetang’ula lauded Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo-Mabona for championing and refining the legislation.
• The law permits only altruistic surrogacy, where a surrogate mother receives no payment beyond medical expenses, and imposes stiff penalties of up to KSh 10 million or imprisonment of up to 10 years for unethical practices.
• Only Kenyan citizens aged 25–55 years may seek surrogacy, and surrogate mothers must be 25–45 years old and have borne at least one child.