Missouri does not have any surrogacy laws. However, the payment for delivery or offer of delivery of a child for purposes of adoption or for the execution of consent to adopt or waiver of consent to future adoption or consent to termination of parental rights comes under the crime of “trafficking in children,” a felony in Missouri.   Therefore, it is possible that surrogacy agreements are in violation of the state’s “child trafficking” laws.

There is no explicit prohibition in Missouri on LGBT couples jointly adopting a child, nor is there an explicit prohibition on LGBT individuals adopting the child of their same-sex partner.