Bulgarian Orthodox Church Slams In Vitro Fertilization, Surrogacy

31/12/2011 The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has declared “reservations” against in vitro fertilization and surrogacy, viewing them as a “human interference that is counter to God’s will in the existential foundations of life.” This has been made clear in a statement of the Bulgarian Patriarchate on the website of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church (in Bulgarian HERE) discussing assisted reproduction and surrogacy, as the two are becoming more popular in Bulgaria, with surrogacy just being introduced. The position of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church comes as a reaction to amendments of the Bulgarian Family Code adopted at the end of October 2011 that made surrogacy legal but banned surrogate mothers from receiving any money for their “service”