Act (Public Law 175-1988) of 5 March 1988
Annual Review of Population Law 15: 59
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0364-3417 PMID: 12289622 Document Number: 380056
This Indiana Act declares that it is against public policy to enforce any term of a surrogate agreement that requires a surrogate to do any of the following: 1) provide a gamete to conceive a child; 2) become pregnant; 3) consent to undergo or undergo an abortion; 4) undergo medical or psychological treatment or examination; 5) use a substance or engage in activity only in accordance with the demands of another person; 6) waive parental rights or duties to a child; 7) terminate care, custody, or control of a child; and 8) consent to a stepparent adoption. Such agreements are to be void and are defined as "an agreement entered into before the birth of a child that is entered into between a surrogate and one (1) or more parties and that is intended by the parties at the time the agreement is made to induce the surrogate to relinquish care, custody, and control over the child at birth to any of the following: 1) an intended biological parent of the child; 2) an intended biological parent of the child and another person who is not: a) genetically related to the child; and b) the surrogate's spouse; and 3) two (2) intended biological parents of the child."