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fpq-2987	Porter, Lindsey	Gestation and Parental Rights: Why is Good Enough Good Enough?	2015	28	.pdf	application/pdf	1504	91	-416	5 http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/fpq/vol1/iss1/5 DOI: 10.5206/fpq/2015.1.5 ( LINDSEY(PORTER(works(on(issues(in(reproductive(and(parental(ethics.(Her(research( has(been(published(in(the(Journal$of$Social$Philosophy,$the(Journal$of$Medical$ Ethics,$and(the$Journal$of$Applied$Philosophy.( 27 Porter: Gestation and Parental Rights Published by Scholarship@Western, 2015 Feminist Philosophy Quarterly 2015 Gestation and Parental Rights: Why is Good Enough Good Enough? Article 5. doi:10.5206/fpq/2015.1.5. Gestation)and)Parental)Rights:)Why)is)Good)Enough)Good)Enough?1) Lindsey(Porter( ( ( ( Abstract) In(this(paper(I(explore(the(question(of(whether(gestation(can(ground( parental(rights.(I(consider(Anca(Gheaus’s((2012)(claim(that(the(labour(and(bonding( of(gestation(give(one(the(right(to(parent(one’s(biological(child.(I(argue(that,(while( Gheaus’s(gestational(account(of(parental(rights(is(the(most(successful(of(such( accounts(in(the(literature,(it(is(ultimately(unsuccessful,(because(the(concept( ‘maternalGfetal(bonding’(does(not(stand(up(to(scrutiny.(Gheaus(argues(that(the( labour(expended(in(gestation(generates(parental(rights.(This(is(a(standard,(Lockean( sort(of(a(move(in(parental(ethics—it(usually(relies(on(the(claim(that(I(have( proprietary(rights(over(the(products(of(my(labour.(However,(Gheaus(argues(that(a( standard(labour(account(of(parental(rights(could(not(generate(parental(rights(over( one’s(own(birth(child(via(gestation(without(ownership,(since(the(labour(would( merely(afford(one(a(right(to(enjoy(the(goods(of(parenthood.(At(best,(then,(labour( alone(would(generate(a(right(to(a(child.((But,(Gheaus(argues,(not(only(do( gestational(mothers(expend(labour(in(the(course(of(the(pregnancy;(they(also( develop(emotional(ties(to(the(fetus.(They(‘bond’(with(it.(This,(Gheaus(argues,( coupled(with(labour,(gives(the(birth(mother(parental(rights(over(her(birth(child.( Fathers,(on(her(account,(acquire(rights(over(their(birth(child(by(contributing( labour—in(the(form(of(antenatal(support—during(the(course(of(the(pregnancy.(I( argue(that(because(‘bonding’(is(not(an(appropriately(morally(salient(phenomenon,( Gheaus’s(account(does(not(work(unless(it(relies(on(a(proprietary(claim,(and(this(is( prima(facie(reason(to(reject(the(account.(Further,(the(fact(that(it(only(confers( parental(rights(on(fathers(by(proxy(also(gives(us(reason(to(reject(the(account.(I( then(offer(a(brief(sketch(of(a(more(promising,(positive(account(of(parental(rights.( ( Keywords:(gestation,(rights,(parenthood,(gender( 1(I(would(like(to(thank(Alex(Barber(and(Timothy(Fowler;(participants(in(the( 2014(joint(meeting(of(the(Canadian(Society(for(Women(in(Philosophy((CSWIP)(and( the(Association(for(Feminist(Epistemologies,(Methodologies,(Metaphysics(and( Science(Studies((FEMMSS)(in(Waterloo,(Ontario;(members(of(the(School(of(Politics,( International(Studies,(and(Philosophy(at(Queen's(University,(Belfast;(and(seminar( participants(at(the(Institut(Éthique(Histoire(Humanités(et(Centre(interfacultaire(en( bioéthique(et(sciences(humaines(en(médecine,(Centre(Médical(Universitaire(in( Geneva(for(helpful(discussion(and(feedback.( 1 Porter: Gestation and Parental Rights Published by Scholarship@Western, 2015 Introduction)	cache/fpq-2987.pdf	txt/fpq-2987.txt