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Fertility treatment in Colombia

Colombia had 14 centers reporting to the Latin American Registry in 2021, with about 3,500 initiated cycles. The country has no law regulating surrogacy: in 2022 the Constitutional Court identified an absolute legislative omission and urged the Government and Congress to legislate.

By FertilityList Editorial (AI-assisted) · Sources checked 2026-11-13

This page summarizes laws and published data for general information. It is not legal or medical advice, and laws change. Confirm current rules with the clinic and an independent local lawyer.

Key facts

Centers reporting to REDLARA (2021)
14[1]
Initiated cycles (2021)
3,487[1]
Egg donation cycles (2021)
853[1]
Surrogacy
Not regulated by law; the Constitutional Court urged Congress to legislate (T-275 of 2022)[2]

The legal framework

Surrogacy and the Constitutional Court

In ruling T-275 of 2022, about parental leave for a father whose child was born through surrogacy, the Constitutional Court referred to an absolute legislative omission on the subject. It urged the national Government to present a bill regulating surrogacy to Congress within six months and urged Congress to legislate. People considering treatment involving a gestational carrier should get independent legal advice in Colombia.[2]

Egg freezing and embryo freezing

Colombian centers reported 258 fertility-preservation cycles and 828 frozen embryo transfers with patients’ own eggs to the Latin American Registry for 2021.[1]

For how egg and embryo freezing work and how common they are in the US, see our guides on egg freezing and frozen vs. fresh embryo transfer.

Latin American Registry of Assisted Reproduction (RLA), 2021

Centers reporting to the registry14
Total initiated cycles (all types)3,487
Fresh IVF/ICSI cycles with own eggs1,395
Frozen embryo transfers (own eggs)828
Egg donation cycles853
Fertility preservation cycles258
Estimated live births from ART847
Estimated share of all births in the country0.14%

Source: [1]. REDLARA data come from accredited centers that report voluntarily; not every clinic in the country is included.

Registry figures describe national activity. They are not a measure of any single clinic’s results, and they are not directly comparable with US CDC clinic data, which use different definitions. See how to read IVF success rates.

Questions to ask a clinic in Colombia

  • Does the clinic report its results to the national or regional registry, and can it share its own outcomes by age?
  • Which of the rules on this page apply to you as a foreign patient, and what documents will you need?
  • If you use donor eggs, sperm or embryos, what information about the donor will you and a future child be able to access?
  • How long can frozen eggs or embryos be stored, what does storage cost each year, and can they be shipped to another country?
  • How many visits are needed in person, and which steps can be done with a clinic at home?

See also our full list of questions to ask a fertility clinic.

Not covered yet

We only publish facts we can tie to a primary source. Not yet covered on this page: Treatment prices; Donor regulations; Clinic-level success rates.

Sources

  1. [1] REDLARA (Latin American Network of Assisted Reproduction). Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Latin America: the Latin American Registry, 2021 (JBRA Assist Reprod 2025;29(1):167-190). Accessed 2026-11-13.
  2. [2] Corte Constitucional de Colombia. Sentencia T-275 de 2022. Accessed 2026-11-13.