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The gestational mother should be regarded as the legal mo... — Carmelics

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The gestational mother should be regarded as the legal mother of a child

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1.The gestational mother is guaranteed to be identifiable at birth
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2.It is in the best interests of the child that the person identifiable at birth be regarded as the mother
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1.Genetic contribution constitutes a stronger basis for legal parenthood than gestation, as it determines the child's heritable identity and biological continuity.
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2.In surrogacy arrangements, the gestational mother explicitly lacks the genetic and intentional relationship that grounds parental rights and responsibilities.
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1.Intentional parenthood, as argued by John Robertson and others, grounds legal parenthood in the deliberate act of initiating procreation rather than in biological facts.
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2.A legal framework privileging gestation over intention systematically disadvantages commissioning parents and renders enforceable surrogacy contracts conceptually incoherent.
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Three main considerations are presented in favor of labor-based accounts. One focuses on the interests of the child. Where a child has been looked after by a person or people for some time, it is thought to be very damaging for her to be taken away from them (Archard 2004). In the case of gestation, since the gestational mother is guaranteed to be identifiable at birth, it may be thought in the best interests of the child that she be regarded as the mother (Annas 1984). Moreover, the child and g

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