For custody disputes it is the gestational, not the genetic, link that matters

What is it about?

What in the biological connection between children and their parents matters more - the genetical, or the gestational, link? I argue it's the latter. At birth, gestational mothers and their newborns are typically already in a relationship with each other. This relationship deserves legal protection.

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Why is it important?

The status quo is that biological parents have the right to rear their newborns. But the grounds for this right are unclear - and, indeed, under dispute. Increasingly, custody disputes between gestational and genetic procreators make clear the need to better understand what, if anything, in the biological connection between parents and children is morally relevant. My paper contributes to this endeavour.