title: Act No. 583, 9 July 1987.
abstract: This Act provides that a contract for surrogate motherhood "shall be absolutely null and shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy."  A contract for surrogate motherhood is defined as "any agreement whereby a person not married to the contributor of the sperm agrees for valuable consideration to be inseminated, to carry any resulting fetus to birth, and then to relinquish to the contributor of the sperm the custody and all rights and obligations to the child."
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D019049:Developed Countries; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008145:Louisiana; D009656:North America; D012098:Reproduction; D012099:Reproductive Techniques; D013533:Gestational Carriers; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Artificial Insemination--legal aspects; Developed Countries; Laws And Statutes; Louisiana; North America; Northern America; Reproduction; Reproductive Technologies; Surrogate Mothers--legal aspects; United States