Gheaus, Anca2018-04-032017Gheaus A. Biological parenthood: gestational, not genetic. Australas J Philos. 2017: [26 p.]. DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2017.13543890004-8402http://hdl.handle.net/10230/34282Common-sense morality and legislations around the world ascribe normative relevance to biological connections between parents and children. Procreators who meet a modest standard of parental competence are believed to have a right to rear the children whom they brought into the world. I explore various attempts to justify this belief, and find most of these attempts lacking. I distinguish between two kinds of biological connection between parents and children: the genetic link and the gestational link. I argue that the second can better justify a right to rear.application/pdfeng© Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in "Gheaus A. Biological parenthood: gestational, not genetic. Australas J Philos. 2017: [26 p.]". Australasian Journal of Philosophy is available online at: https://aap.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00048402.2017.1354389#.WsNUEy7FLcsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048402.2017.1354389ProcreationGestation geneticsRight to parentChildren's rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess