Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Lange argues that the gestationalist approach to moral parenthood fails due to its implausible reliance on a 'valuable intimate personal relationship between newborn and gestational procreator' at birth.However, his dismissal of the moral significance of the maternal-foetal connection depends largely upon inappropriate analogies to other forms of relationship.Further, Lange targets a very specific framing of the gestationalist view, overlooking the significance that many gestationalist accounts grant to maternal interests and experiences.Finally -perhaps due to this asymmetric focus -the version of the Harm Argument with which he engages also fails to recognise as morally significant the harm of forced separation for parents (and especially gestational mothers).
Source: Journal of Medical Ethics
Author: Teresa Baron
Institution: University of Nottingham
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403945171