Israel abolished limitations on same-sex couples and single males becoming parents through surrogacy on January 4, 2022, upholding a Supreme Court finding that the ban should be lifted.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz stated, "It is a historic day for the LGBTQ struggle in Israel," at a press conference, revealing that the ministry had issued a circular allowing equal access to surrogacy pregnancy to all.
For years, Israel's LGBTQ+ community has pushed for the right to surrogacy, which is already available to heterosexual couples and single women.
In July, the Supreme Court declared that the surrogacy prohibition for same-sex couples and single men violated human rights and that it must be overturned within six months, following a petition by gay rights groups.
The limits had only applied to surrogacy agreements in Israel, and some of those who were forbidden from doing so in Israel went outside to do so.