Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2720.6

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Gestational carrier: means a woman who agrees to engage in a process by which she attempts to carry and give birth to a child born as a result of an in utero transfer of a human embryo to which she makes no genetic contribution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2718.1
  • In utero embryo transfer: means the medical procedure whereby the genetic mother's egg is fertilized with the sperm of the genetic father, with the resulting embryo transferred into the uterus of the gestational carrier. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 9:2718.1

            If there are multiple attempts at in utero embryo transfer, the gestational carrier contract and the Order Preceding Embryo Transfer shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with the parties’ agreement until terminated under La. Rev. Stat. 9:2720.9 or 2720.11, or until a live birth occurs pursuant to the gestational carrier contract.

            Acts 2016, No. 494, §1.