Missouri Donor Insemination Law
Missouri law only takes into consideration the use of artificial insemination for married couples, with the procedure performed by a physician and both spouses providing written consent. The law strips a donor of any legal relationship to a resulting child if the donation is provided to a physician for the artificial insemination of a married woman (unless the donor is her husband).
State law regarding birth certificates indicates that a child born to a married woman as a result of artificial insemination with her husband’s consent is treated as a conventional birth to a married couple.
Citations: MO. REV. STAT. § 193.085 (2003); MO. REV. STAT. § 210.824 (2003).
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Last Updated: 8/30/2004