title: Act (Public Law  175-1988) of 5 March 1988.
abstract: 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."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002655:Child Custody; D002668:Child Rearing; D019049:Developed Countries; D005190:Family; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D007196:Indiana; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D009656:North America; D012098:Reproduction; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Behavior; Child Custody--legal aspects; Child Rearing; Developed Countries; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Filiation; Indiana; Laws And Statutes; North America; Northern America; Reproduction; Reproductive Technologies; Surrogate Mothers--legal aspects; United States