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In the last twenty five years assisted procreation has become a topic of great interest for lawmakers around the world. Ethical dillemmas associated with new procreation methods demand precise laws which leave little uncertainty. Many countries prohibit every other assisted procreation method except in vitro and artificial insemination, but there are also countries that allow even surrogate motherhood. The author begins with defining the medical techniques which constitute assisted procreation today, and continues with explaining the legal framework of assisted procreation in Sweden, Slovenia, Spain, Norway, Austria, and Croatia, with emphasis on distinctive features of each country. The last pages of the paper deal with the right of the child to information about its biological parent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]