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Gender, Sexuality, and the Law
Section 16
1.5 hours

Marginalized Parents, Intended Parents, Equitable Parenthood

Mary R Ziegler

In this unit, we will approach parental rights from two different angles. First, we will study key approaches to parental rights, focused on parental intent, consent, emotional connection, and past childrearing. We will put these tests in historic context, understanding the challenges facing incarcerated and same-sex parents, the strategies used to mitigate those challenges, and the unintended consequences of those strategies. And we will evaluate how many people should qualify as parents--in all or some circumstances, are there grounds to recognize more than two parents?

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