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D.C. Code § 16-401

Definitions

Mar. 17, 1993, D.C

For the purposes of this chapter, the term:

(1) “Artificial insemination” means the process by which a man’s fresh or frozen sperm sample is introduced into a woman’s vagina, other than by sexual intercourse, under the supervision of a physician.

(2) “District” means the District of Columbia.

(3) “In vitro fertilization” means a procedure in which an ovum is surgically removed from a genetic mother’s ovary and fertilized with the sperm of the genetic father in a laboratory procedure, with the resulting embryo implanted in the uterus of a birth mother.

(4) “Surrogate parenting contract” means any agreement, oral or written, in which:

(A) A woman agrees either to be artificially inseminated with the sperm of a man who is not her husband, or to be impregnated with an embryo that is the product of an ovum fertilization with the sperm of a man who is not her husband; and

(B) A woman agrees to, or intends to, relinquish all parental rights and responsibilities and to consent to the adoption of a child born as a result of insemination or in vitro fertilization as provided in this chapter.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.