N.D. Cent. Code § 14-18-01: Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1."Assisted conception" means a pregnancy resulting from insemination of an egg of a woman with sperm of a man by means other than sexual intercourse or by removal and implantation of an embryo after sexual intercourse but does not include a pregnancy resulting from the insemination of an egg of a wife using her husband's sperm.

2."Gestational carrier" means an adult woman who enters into an agreement to have an embryo implanted in her and bear the resulting child for intended parents, where the embryo is conceived by using the egg and sperm of the intended parents.

3."Surrogate" means an adult woman who enters into an agreement to bear a child conceived through assisted conception for intended parents.