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

IVF age limits in Latvia

Private treatment: clinic assessment. The NVD funding threshold is separate from private treatment; ask the clinic for its age and medical criteria.

Legal framework

Private treatment: clinic assessment

Private clinic policy

The NVD funding threshold is separate from private treatment; ask the clinic for its age and medical criteria.

Public funding

NVD-funded treatment can start through age 40 inclusive. Successful stimulation begun within that age range may continue to a fresh transfer; three unsuccessful state-funded procedures exhaust the described entitlement.

Male age limit

Check the provider’s medical and funding criteria separately.

Sources: NVD: funded treatment ages and cycle conditions (2026)

Who is eligible for IVF in Latvia?

Section 13 allows a heterosexual couple or a woman to request treatment in writing. Single-woman access does not by itself establish couple access or joint parentage for two women.

• 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

  A woman may apply individually under Section 13. Clinical assessment and written consent are required.

• Female couples

  Separate assessment required

  The Act’s individual-woman pathway does not establish a two-woman couple or reciprocal-IVF pathway. Obtain confirmation of the treatment and parentage rules.

• 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: Latvian Sexual and Reproductive Health Law: Sections 13–22

Egg and sperm donation rules in Latvia

Section 14 limits recipient information to genetic and anthropometric donor data and protects recipient information from the donor. Sections 17–22 regulate donation and donor parentage.

Donor identity

Donor identity withheld from recipients

Egg donation

Permitted

Sperm donation

Permitted

Sources: Latvian Sexual and Reproductive Health Law: Sections 13–22

IVF in Latvia for foreign patients

Foreign patients must meet the same treatment eligibility and consent requirements. Clinic acceptance and public-funding entitlement need separate confirmation.

1. Confirm the clinic’s individual treatment and consent criteria.
2. Request donor-material, medication and storage charges separately.
3. Check overseas-patient acceptance and public entitlement independently.

Sources: EGV: international patient coordination and treatment prices

Questions about IVF laws and requirements in Latvia

Sources and further reading

National reference: Latvian Sexual and Reproductive Health Law: Sections 13–22. Last reviewed: 2026-10-11.

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