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Originally published by Citizen DigitalNovember 12, 2025
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Kenya moves to regulate IVF, surrogacy as MPs pass Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill
Kenya moves to regulate IVF, surrogacy as MPs pass Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill..
✨ Key Highlights
The National Assembly has passed the Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill, aiming to regulate IVF and other assisted reproduction methods in Kenya. This significant legislation, sponsored by Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo, underwent considerable redrafting to specifically protect children and society from potential abuses related to surrogacy.
- The Bill permits only altruistic surrogacy for Kenyan citizens, explicitly banning commercial surrogacy and fertility tourism for foreigners.
- Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma explained that the law will primarily benefit Kenyan heterosexual couples or single/widowed women certified as infertile, with men requiring to be in a marriage.
- The proposed law establishes that human life begins at conception and forbids practices such as human cloning, while also outlining legal parentage for children born through assisted reproduction.
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