The Embryo Carrying Agreements (Agreement Approval and Status of the Newborn) Law, 5756-1996, hereafter Law 5756-1996, is a 1996 Israeli federal law regulating surrogacy and establishing legal parental status for children born through surrogacy. It requires that a government-appointed committee approve all surrogacy arrangements under the Israeli Ministry of Health and designates the intended parents as the legal guardians of the child born through a surrogacy arrangement. It outlines eligibility requirements for intended parents and surrogates and stipulates that physicians conduct all procedures in recognized Israeli medical facilities. The law contributed to Israel’s emergence as a global leader in assisted reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization, or IVF. Israel reported the highest rate of IVF treatments, per capita worldwide as of 2021, with approximately 61,000 IVF cycles performed that year. Law 5756-1996, which was one of the world’s first national legal frameworks for surrogacy, set conditions for surrogacy agreements in Israel and clarified the legal status of the resulting newborn.