Open AccessThe rights of intended children: The best interests of the child argument in assisted reproduction policy
Author(s) -
Lind Judith
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
childhood
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.966
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1461-7013
pISSN - 0907-5682
DOI - 10.1177/0907568219853331
Subject(s) - reproduction , argument (complex analysis) , best interests , rhetorical question , trace (psycholinguistics) , corporate governance , human rights , political science , sociology , law , economics , medicine , ecology , finance , biology , linguistics , philosophy
Assisted reproduction policies constitute a particularly interesting case for the study of child rights governance as the child here is an intended child. The child’s rights are in potential conflict not with the parental, but the reproductive rights of adults. The article aims to analyse the mobilisation of the best interests of the child principle as a rhetorical resource in Swedish assisted reproduction policies and to trace the limits of governance in the name of the rights of the child.
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