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Author Lewis, Browne.

Title Papa's baby : paternity and artificial insemination / Browne C. Lewis.

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 246 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The cuckolded man -- The fornicating man -- The non-consenting man -- The fertile man -- Expanding the definition of legal child -- The evolving meaning of parenthood -- Towards a "best interests of the child" approach to paternity adjudication -- Allocating the paternity of husbands, same-sex partners, and sperm donors.
Summary "When a child is conceived from sexual intercourse between a married, heterosexual couple, the child has a legal father and mother. Whatever may happen thereafter, the child's parents are legally bound to provide for their child, and if they don't, they're held accountable by law. But what about children created by artificial insemination? When it comes to paternity, the law is full of gray areas, resulting in many cases where children have no legal fathers. In Papa's Baby, Browne C. Lewis argues that the courts should take steps to insure that all children have at least two legal parents. Additionally, state legislatures should recognize that more than one class of fathers may exist and allocate paternal responsibility based, again, upon the best interest of the child. Lewis supplements her argument with concrete methods for dealing with different types of cases, including anonymous and non-anonymous sperm donors, married and unmarried women, and lesbian couples. In so doing, she first establishes different types of paternity, and then draws on these to create an expanded definition of paternity"--Provided by publisher.
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Subject Paternity -- United States.
Paternity.
United States.
Artificial insemination, Human -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Artificial insemination, Human -- Law and legislation.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Artificial insemination.
Insemination.
Children.
Other Form: Print version: Lewis, Browne. Papa's baby. New York : New York University Press, ©2012 9780814738481 (DLC) 2011052278 (OCoLC)756592631
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