Genetic parenthood and hard cases.

Bioethics

School of Humanities, Park University, Parkville, MO, USA.

Published: September 2021

In a recent article Thomas Douglas and Katrien Devolder propose a theory of genetic parenthood according to which a human child can have only two genetic human parents. I argue this theory is arbitrarily narrow and fails to account for cases such as hybrids, cloning, chimerism, twinning, parthenogenesis, mitochondrial replacement techniques, and more. I propose an alternate theory of genetic parenthood, one that is prima facie consistent with our commonsense intuitions about genetic parenthood and relevant to a right to procreative autonomy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12901DOI Listing

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