Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Home/Original/inverse
    See Original
    Inverse View

    It is not the case that The gestational mother should be regarded as the legal mother of a child

    ?Set your confidence on the premises below to see your aggregate.

    Reasons For

    2 perspectives
    Reason for 1 of 2
    ?
    • 1.Genetic contribution constitutes a stronger basis for legal parenthood than gestation, as it determines the child's heritable identity and biological continuity.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.In surrogacy arrangements, the gestational mother explicitly lacks the genetic and intentional relationship that grounds parental rights and responsibilities.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reason for 2 of 2
    ?
    • 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.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.A legal framework privileging gestation over intention systematically disadvantages commissioning parents and renders enforceable surrogacy contracts conceptually incoherent.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.The gestational mother is guaranteed to be identifiable at birth
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.It is in the best interests of the child that the person identifiable at birth be regarded as the mother
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.