750 ILCS 47/1 et seq.

Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 722.855.

Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 722.859 (A nonparticipant, such as a lawyer or doctor, who participates in the formation or execution of a compensated surrogacy agreement, is committing a felony. A participant, such as the intended parents or gestational carrier, is committing a misdemeanor.)

Storey v. RGIS Inventory Specialists, LLC, 466 S.W. 3d 650, 654 (Mo. App. 2015).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 568.175.

Sturgeon v. Allied Professionals Ins. Co., 344 S.W. 3d 205, 210 (Mo. App. 2011).

Id.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2001. Assisted Reproductive Technology Fertility Clinic Success Rates Report (Atlanta: CDC).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. Assisted Reproductive Technology Fertility Clinic Success Rates Report (Atlanta: CDC).

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2012 and 2013. Assisted Reproductive Technology Fertility Clinic Success Rates Reports (Atlanta: CDC).

In 2015, the governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state treasurer are all Democrats (www.mo.gov).

As of November 2, 2015, the Missouri House of Representatives consists of 116 Republicans, 43 Democrats, and 1 Independent. The Missouri Senate consists of 24 Republicans and 8 Democrats. Both state houses have been controlled, continuously, by Republicans since the 2004 elections (www.mo.gov., www.ballotpedia.org/Missouri_General_Assembly).

Mo. Rev. Stat §§ 210.817 et seq.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.848.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.826.

See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.819, which provides that the natural mother may be established by proof of her having given birth to the child.

Id.

See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.826.4 (if an action “is brought before the birth of the child, all proceedings shall be stayed except service of process”).

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.841.1.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.841.2.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.010.4.

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.080.1.

135 S. Ct. 2584 (2015).

See Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.010.1, which provides “Any person desiring to adopt another person as his or her child shall petition the juvenile division of the circuit court.”

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.040: “Consent is not required from (2) A parent of a child who has legally consented to a future adoption of a child; (3) A parent whose identity is unknown and cannot be ascertained at the time of the filing of the petition; … (7) A parent who has for a period of … at least sixty days, for a child under one year of age, immediately prior to the filing of the petition for adoption, willfully abandoned the child.”

Mennesson v. France, Labassee v. France, ECHR, (September 26, 2014).

See In re Baby M., 537 A.2d 1227 (N.J. 1988). Baby M is the infamous case in which Mary Beth Whitehead, the traditional surrogate, changed her mind, took the baby, fled to Florida, and hid with the baby until she was tracked down by law enforcement. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that surrogacy contracts were void and unenforceable and gave certain parenting rights to the surrogate, although the court gave primary custody to the intended father (537 A.2d 1259–62).