Part 2

Parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction

Meaning of “mother”

Meaning of “mother”
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1
The woman who is carrying or has carried a child as a result of the placing in her of an embryo or of sperm and eggs, and no other woman, is to be treated as the mother of the child.
2
Subsection (1) does not apply to any child to the extent that the child is treated by virtue of adoption as not being the woman’s child.
3
Subsection (1) applies whether the woman was in the United Kingdom or elsewhere at the time of the placing in her of the embryo or the sperm and eggs.