IVF laws in Bulgaria: age limits, eligibility & donor rules

IVF age limits in Bulgaria

Method-specific medical assessment. The medical standard recommends against donor-oocyte/embryo procedures after age 51; this is a recommendation, not a universal statutory IVF ceiling.

Legal framework

Method-specific medical assessment

Private clinic policy

The medical standard recommends against donor-oocyte/embryo procedures after age 51; this is a recommendation, not a universal statutory IVF ceiling.

Public funding

The Centre for Assisted Reproduction describes support before age 43, subject to medical and programme conditions. Its reimbursement tariffs are separate from private clinic prices.

Male age limit

Check the provider’s medical and funding criteria separately.

Sources: Bulgarian Ordinance N-2 of 12 July 2023: assisted reproduction standard · Centre for Assisted Reproduction: programme access

Who is eligible for IVF in Bulgaria?

Donor-sperm treatment is offered to single women. Female-couple access is not established by the cited current sources; the Atlas 2024 records exclusion as a couple.

• Heterosexual couples

  Permitted, subject to criteria

  Couples may apply subject to medical suitability and treatment consent. Public-funding criteria are assessed separately.

• Single women

  Permitted, subject to criteria

  IVF Clinic Sofia explicitly offers donor sperm to single women under the assisted-reproduction standard.

• Female couples

  Separate assessment required

  The Atlas 2024 records no female-couple pathway. Current sources cited here do not establish couple eligibility or joint parentage; individual eligibility needs provider confirmation.

• Male couples / surrogacy

  Separate assessment required

  This guide does not establish a male-couple or surrogacy pathway. Treatment access and legal parentage require a separate assessment.

Sources: IVF Clinic Sofia: recipients and single-woman donor treatment

Egg and sperm donation rules in Bulgaria

Ordinance N-2/2023 restricts disclosure of identifying donor and recipient information, with statutory exceptions. Donor eggs and sperm require consent and screening; ask about the specific donor arrangement.

Donor identity

Anonymous non-partner donation; legal exceptions

Egg donation

Permitted

Sperm donation

Permitted

Sources: Bulgarian Ordinance N-2 of 12 July 2023: assisted reproduction standard

IVF in Bulgaria for foreign patients

International self-pay access is not established by the cited national guidance. Obtain written provider confirmation before arranging treatment.

1. Confirm the proposed treatment and age assessment with the provider.
2. Request an itemised EUR quote including retrieval, laboratory work, transfer and medication.
3. Confirm international-patient acceptance and funding entitlement separately.

Questions about IVF laws and requirements in Bulgaria

Sources and further reading

National reference: Bulgarian Ordinance N-2 of 12 July 2023: assisted reproduction standard. Last reviewed: 2026-10-11.

The atlas provides comparative policy context from 2024. It does not rate clinic quality or treatment success.