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Liberty, Equality, And Parentage In The Era Of Posthumous Conception, Jessica Knouse
Liberty, Equality, And Parentage In The Era Of Posthumous Conception, Jessica Knouse
Journal of Law and Health
This essay uses Astrue v. Capato as a platform to examine how liberty and equality interact within parent-child relationships. It observes that as prospective parents have experienced an increase in liberty due to new reproductive technologies the children they create have not necessarily experienced a commensurate increase in equality. The law’s myopic focus on parent-child relationships rather than provider-dependent relationships renders posthumously conceived children unequal along multiple dimensions. They may have not only one provider, but also only one parent. This essay argues that shifting the law’s focus away from identifying parents and towards identifying providers would mitigate the status …