GLOSSARY OF TERMS:

Third-party reproduction: Donor-assisted reproduction in which DNA or surrogacy is provided by someone who is not an the intended parent.

Intended parents: People who become the legal parents of a child born through surrogacy.

Surrogate: A woman who carries a baby with the intention of surrendering the child to someone else after birth.

Gestational surrogate: A woman who carries a child to whom she is not genetically related.

Traditional surrogate: A woman who is the genetic mother of the baby she carries, but who intends to relinquish

custody to the baby’s intended parents at birth.

Interspousal donations: One partner in a lesbian relationship who carries a baby that is genetically linked to the other partner. IVF is a necessary part of this process.

In Vitro Fertilization, or IVF: The process of fertilization by extracting eggs, retrieving a sperm sample, and manually combining an egg and sperm in a laboratory dish. The resulting embryo or embryos are then transferred to the uterus. Pre-implantation genetic screening, or PGS: Identifying embryos containing chromosomal abnormalities

that result in IVF failure, miscarriage, or babies born with conditions such as Down syndrome. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis,

or PGD: Evaluating embryos gathered through the IVF process for genetic disorders before they are implanted. In most cases, one or both partners have been genetically screened and identified to be carriers of disorders such as cystic fibrosis and hemophilia.

Selective reduction: Abortion of one or more, but not all, of the embryos in a pregnancy with multiple embryos.

Oocoyte banking: Egg freezing for women who have to delay child-bearing for medical or social reasons.