North Dakota § 14-18-01 - Definitions
Full text of North Dakota North Dakota Century Code § 14-18-01 — Definitions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 14-18-01. Definitions
As used in this chapter: 1. "Assisted conception" means a pregnancy resulting from insemination of an egg of a woman with sperm of a man by means other than sexual intercourse or by removal and implantation of an embryo after sexual intercourse but does not include a pregnancy resulting from the insemination of an egg of a wife using her husband's sperm. 2. "Gestational carrier" means an adult woman who enters into an agreement to have an embryo implanted in her and bear the resulting child for intended parents, where the embryo is conceived by using the egg and sperm of the intended parents. 3. "Surrogate" means an adult woman who enters into an agreement to bear a child conceived through assisted conception for intended parents.
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Section 14-18-01 ("Definitions") is part of the North Dakota Century Code, the codified statutory law of North Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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