Section 121. Definitions  


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  • When used in this article, unless the context or
      subject matter manifestly requires a different interpretation:
        1. "Birth mother" shall mean a  woman  who  gives  birth  to  a  child
      pursuant to a surrogate parenting contract.
        2. "Genetic  father" shall mean a man who provides sperm for the birth
      of a child born pursuant to a surrogate parenting contract.
        3. "Genetic mother" shall mean a woman who provides an  ovum  for  the
      birth of a child born pursuant to a surrogate parenting contract.
        4. "Surrogate  parenting  contract"  shall mean any agreement, oral or
      written, in which:
        (a) a woman agrees either to be 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 fertilized with the sperm of a man  who  is  not  her
      husband; and
        (b)  the  woman  agrees to, or intends to, surrender or consent to the
      adoption of  the  child  born  as  a  result  of  such  insemination  or
      impregnation.