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=== Key ===

{{#if:{{{Header|}}}|==== Practices and technologies ====|}}
* ''PROHIBITED'': This practice is prohibited by national law or policies having the force of law.{{#if:{{{Regulated|}}}|* ''regulated'': This practice is allowed and regulated by national law or policies having the force of law.
* ''permitted'': This practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law, but is not regulated.|}}{{#if:{{{Social prohibited|}}}|* ''allowed'': This practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law, but social uses are not prohibited.
* ''social uses prohibited'': Social (or nonmedical) use of this practice is prohibited by national law or policies having the force of law.|}}{{#if:{{{Commercial prohibited|}}}|* ''commercial prohibited'': Commercial use of this practice is prohibited by national law or policies having the force of law, but non-commercial use is allowed.|}}{{#if:{{{Commercial allowed|}}}|* ''commercial allowed'': Commercial use of this practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law.|}}{{#if:{{{Permitted|}}}|* ''permitted'': This practice is allowed by national law or policies having the force of law, but policies concerning compensation are unknown.|}}{{#if:{{{Unrecognized|}}}|* ''unrecognized'': Surrogacy contracts are explicitly unrecognized by national law or by other mechanism which carries the force of law.|}}
* ''no policy'': This practice is not addressed by national law or policies having the force of law.
* ''?'': It is unknown whether this practice is addressed by national law or policies having the force of law.


''Note'': The categories defined in the key and used in the table characterize the polices in any given country in a broad manner. Consult the page for each country for more detailed accounts of current policies.<br>
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