LEGAL AND AFFORDABLE SURROGACY FOR SINGLE MEN, WOMEN, AND COUPLES IN GHANA

Surrogacy is a transformative journey where a surrogate or gestational carrier carries and delivers a child that is not related to her biologically, for another individual or couple unable to have children. 

Surrogacy has emerged as a beacon of hope for countless aspiring parents worldwide, especially for single men and women, offering a unique chance to fulfill their cherished dreams of parenthood. 

For everyone wishing to become a parent, surrogacy in Ghana offers a 100% legal, affordable, and successful option.

Ghana surrogacy meets the most significant and attractive criteria:

• Robust Legal Framework: Ghana boasts a legal infrastructure that is surrogacy-friendly, drawing parallels with the established laws of the USA. This ensures that the rights of all parties involved are safeguarded.

• International Standards of Care: Ghana has state-of-the-art facilities and highly experienced internationally trained fertility specialists, aligning with the rigorous standards set by the US and European nations.

• Affordability: The difference in economies means that Ghana offers surrogacy services at a fraction of the cost one would incur in the US, with similar legal protections and medical expertise.

• Modern Safe English Speaking: English is the predominant language in Ghana, ensuring smooth communication. Moreover, the capital city, Accra, was spotlighted by The New York Times as one of their top 10 must-visit destinations in 2023, underscoring its global appeal.

The combination of these factors makes Ghana an attractive option for intended parent(s) to become parent/s through surrogacy.

Ghana has broad eligibility criteria:

• Single men and women, irrespective of their marital status.

• Couples and unmarried couples, both traditional and LBGTQ+.

• Individuals or couples without any medical contraindications to pregnancy.

• No age restrictions.

This inclusive approach to surrogacy provides a legal, safe, and Western-standard surrogacy option for all.

When embarking on a surrogacy journey in Ghana, there are several standout features of the programs available:

• Unwavering Legal Guarantees: Right from the onset of pregnancy, the intended parents are legally recognized. The surrogate, in this arrangement, relinquishes all parental rights.

• Newborn Documentation: The birth certificate of your child bears the name of the intended parent(s), with no reference to the surrogate. For a single parent, only your name will be on the birth certificate, with no mention of a donor or the surrogate. For a single parent, only your name will be on the birth certificate, with no mention of a donor or the surrogate.

• Traveling: Only one trip is necessary for your program when you pick your child up. Your biological material can be shipped cryopreserved and hand-carried by an international biomaterial shipping company.

From the early stages of pregnancy, the intended parents are legally recognized, ensuring that the surrogate has no parental rights over the child. This legal clarity extends to the child's birth certificate, where only the name of the intended parent(s) appears, with no mention of the surrogate. If the parent is a single woman or man, only their name will appear as the parent. Unfortunately, it is not yet possible to put the names of both partners of a same-gender couple.

The laws regarding surrogacy in Ghana are only a few years old. It has provided an opportunity for local doctors and hospitals to quickly branch into this new area. New facilities are opening monthly. 

At Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency, we have identified many potential pitfalls that could result in significant financial and health challenges. To address these concerns, we have implemented exclusive measures aimed at eliminating and mitigating risks, offering solutions not available through other providers in Ghana.

• Evaluating Doctors and Medical Facilities: As more and more medical professionals begin to work in surrogacy, it is increasingly hard to sort out who has any experience and whom to trust. Screening has meant visiting all facilities and interviewing owners, doctors, embryologists, and staff to ensure they meet the very highest international standards.

• Working With The Best Specialists: Each facility presents its own strengths and weaknesses. The best embryologists, laboratories, birth, and NICU facilities are not uniformly found at every clinic and hospital. Delivering Dreams works with the very best doctors at each stage of your surrogacy journey to guarantee exceptional experienced care.

• Diverse Donor Options: Prospective parents can choose a Caucasian donor or a local donor of color based on their preference. Donors are from Ukraine where Delivering Dreams has over 15 years of experience in surrogacy.

• Advanced Genetic Testing: This cutting-edge pre-implantation testing, crucial for detecting and preventing potential genetic abnormalities in embryos, is not available in Ghana. Delivering Dreams conducts this advanced testing through their program in Ukraine to ensure your child is healthy.

• Gender Selection: A unique feature that allows parents to choose the gender of their child is not offered in Ghanaian clinics because they do not have the ability to do Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD). Delivering Dreams includes PGD for all donor surrogacy programs for single and same-sex couples enabling gender selection.

• Surrogate Testing: Standard testing and surrogate screening in all local facilities are notably basic and by our standards insufficient. A key factor in our success is the exceptional health of our surrogates. To ensure this, Delivering Dreams adds more than 30 additional nonstandard tests and a comprehensive psychiatric screening. This analysis is essential to a healthy pregnancy and child.

• Immediate Surrogate Matching: The programs are designed to minimize waiting times, with surrogates readily available.

• Surrogate Contact: All surrogacy providers in Ghana forbid direct contact between the surrogate and intended parents. We believe this does not provide the level of transparency that intended parents deserve.  Delivering Dreams’ programs facilitate direct and regular communication between intended parents and surrogates, fostering a bond between you and your child throughout the pregnancy.

• Ethical Concerns: Some clinics and agencies force their surrogates to stay at compounds or dormitories. There are some that prevent visitors and even prohibit surrogates from having mobile phones. Delivering Dreams strongly opposes such practices. Surrogates reside in apartments in the capital, with access to a shared cook, cleaner, and nurse who lives in the block, allowing them to welcome family at any time. Of course, they can have phones to communicate with their loved ones.

• It has also been important to triple the compensation surrogates receive, considering the truly remarkable and life-changing nature of their contribution to intended parents. We aim to make sure that surrogates too have a transformative experience. Most surrogates use their compensation to start or grow family businesses and achieve higher-level degrees. 

• Agreement Enforceability: All surrogacy agreements with local providers fall under Ghanaian law. As an international surrogacy agency, Delivering Dreams has agreements under US law to provide comprehensive legal and financial security.

• Laws of Your Home Country: Intended parent(s) must meet the criteria of your home country to attain citizenship. It is imperative to consult with legal counsel in your home country to ensure that you are aware of any citizenship and/or paternal rights 

Despite potential concerns as the landscape in Ghana adjusts to such liberal and inclusive surrogacy laws, there are concerns. 

Delivering Dreams International Surrogacy Agency, together with its team in Accra, Ghana provides a blend of legal security and medical oversight to uphold international standards. 

Ghana offers an affordable and legal option for surrogacy. This option is open to all: single individuals and couples, regardless of type, seeking to become parents.

With the right guidance, surrogacy in Ghana can be a successful, safe, fulfilling, and life-altering experience – an excellent path to parenthood.